XkbLookupKeySym(3)

NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

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

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

DESCRIPTION

XkbLookupKeySym is the equivalent of the core XLookupKeySym function. For the core keyboard, given a keycode key and an Xkb state state, XkbLookupKeySym returns the symbol associated with the key in sym_rtrn and the list of modifiers that should still be applied in mods_rtrn. The state parameter is the state from a KeyPress or KeyRelease event. XkbLookupKeySym returns True if it succeeds.

SEE ALSO

XLookupKeySym(3)
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