Manpages - XkbLookupKeySym.3

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

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

- 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

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.

*XLookupKeySym*(3)