1. NAME▲

XkbTranslateKeySym - Find the string and symbol associated with a keysym for a given keyboard state

2. SYNOPSIS ▲

int XkbTranslateKeySym (Display * dpy , KeySym * sym_inout , unsigned int mods , char * buf , int nbytes , int * extra_rtrn );

3. ARGUMENTS ▲

  • - dpy
        connection to X server
  • - sym_inout
        symbol to be translated; result of translation
  • - mods
        modifiers to apply to sym_inout
  • - buf
        buffer into which returned string is written
  • - nbytes
        size of buffer in bytes
  • - extra_rtrn
        number of bytes overflow

4. DESCRIPTION ▲

XkbTranslateKeySymapplies the transformations specified in modsto the symbol specified by sym_inout.It returns in bufthe string, if any, associated with the keysym for the current locale. If the transformations in modschanges the keysym, sym_inoutis updated accordingly. If the string returned is larger than nbytes,a count of bytes that does not fit into the buffer is returned in extra_rtrn. XkbTranslateKeySymreturns the number of bytes it placed into buf.

5. RETURN VALUES ▲

  • buf
                   Returns the string, if any, associated with the keysym for the current locale.