xenocara/lib/libX11/man/xkb/XkbLookupKeySym.man
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.TH XkbLookupKeySym __libmansuffix__ __xorgversion__ "XKB FUNCTIONS"
.SH NAME
XkbLookupKeySym \- Find the symbol associated with a key for a particular state
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B Bool XkbLookupKeySym
(
.I dpy,
.I key,
.I state,
.I mods_rtrn,
.I sym_rtrn
)
.br
Display *\fIdpy\fP\^;
.br
KeyCode \fIkey\fP\^;
.br
unsigned int \fIstate\fP\^;
.br
unsigned int *\fImods_rtrn\fP\^;
.br
KeySym *\fIsym_rtrn\fP\^;
.if n .ti +5n
.if t .ti +.5i
.SH ARGUMENTS
.TP
.I \- dpy
connection to X server
.TP
.I \- key
key for which symbols are to be found
.TP
.I \- state
state for which symbol should be found
.TP
.I \- mods_rtrn
backfilled with unconsumed modifiers
.TP
.I \- sym_rtrn
backfilled with symbol associated with key + state
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
.I XkbLookupKeySym
is the equivalent of the core
.I XLookupKeySym
function. For the core keyboard, given a keycode
.I key
and an Xkb state
.I state, XkbLookupKeySym
returns the symbol associated with the key in
.I sym_rtrn
and the list of modifiers that should still be applied in
.I mods_rtrn.
The
.I state
parameter is the state from a KeyPress or KeyRelease event.
.I XkbLookupKeySym
returns True if it succeeds.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR XLookupKeySym (3X11)