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XkbLookupKeySym(3) XKB FUNCTIONS 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 consumed 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)
X Version 11 libX11 1.8.6 XkbLookupKeySym(3)