1. NAME▲

XkbLookupKeySym - Find the symbol associated with a key for a particular state

2. SYNOPSIS ▲

Bool XkbLookupKeySym (Display * dpy , KeyCode key , unsigned int state , unsigned int * mods_rtrn , KeySym * sym_rtrn );

3. ARGUMENTS ▲

  • - dpy
        connection to X server
  • - key
        key for which symbols are to be found
  • - state
        state for which symbol should be found
  • - mods_rtrn
        backfilled with unconsumed modifiers
  • - sym_rtrn
        backfilled with symbol associated with key + state

4. DESCRIPTION ▲

XkbLookupKeySymis the equivalent of the core XLookupKeySymfunction. For the core keyboard, given a keycode keyand an Xkb state state, XkbLookupKeySymreturns the symbol associated with the key in sym_rtrnand the list of modifiers that should still be applied in mods_rtrn.The stateparameter is the state from a KeyPress or KeyRelease event. XkbLookupKeySymreturns True if it succeeds.

5. SEE ALSO ▲

R XLookupKeySym (3)