XkbSARedirectVMods(3) XKB FUNCTIONS XkbSARedirectVMods(3)

NAME

XkbSARedirectVMods - Returns the vmods0 and vmods1 fields of act
converted to an unsigned int

SYNOPSIS

unsigned int XkbSARedirectVMods (XkbRedirectKeyAction act);

ARGUMENTS

act action from which to extract vmods

DESCRIPTION

Actions associated with the XkbRedirectKeyAction structure generate
KeyPress and KeyRelease events containing a keycode different from
the key that was pressed or released.

The type field for the XkbRedirectKeyAction structure should always
be XkbSA_RedirectKey. Key presses cause a KeyPress event for the key
specified by the new_key field instead of the actual key. The state
reported in this event reports the current effective modifiers
changed as follows: any real modifiers selected by the mods_mask
field are set to corresponding values from the mods field. Any real
modifiers bound to the virtual modifiers specified by the vmods_mask0
and vmods_mask1 fields are either set or cleared, depending on the
corresponding values in the vmods0 and vmods1 fields. If the real and
virtual modifier definitions specify conflicting values for a single
modifier, the real modifier definition has priority.

Key releases cause a KeyRelease event for the key specified by the
new_key field instead of the actual key. The state for this event
consists of the effective keyboard modifiers at the time of the
release, changed as described previously.

The XkbSA_RedirectKey action normally redirects to another key on the
same device as the key that caused the event, unless that device does
not belong to the input extension KeyClass, in which case this action
causes an event on the core keyboard device. (The input extension
categorizes devices by breaking them into classes. Keyboards, and
other input devices with keys, are classified as KeyClass devices by
the input extension.)

The vmods_mask0 and vmods_mask1 fields actually represent one
vmods_mask value. Xkb provides macros to convert between the two
formats.

XkbSARedirectVModsMask returns the vmods0 and vmods1 fields of act
converted to an unsigned int.

STRUCTURES

typedef struct_XkbRedirectKeyAction {
unsigned char type; /* XkbSA_RedirectKey */
unsigned char new_key; /* keycode to be put in event */
unsigned char mods_mask; /* mask of real mods to be reset */
unsigned char mods; /* mask of real mods to take values from */
unsigned char vmods_mask0; /* first half of mask of virtual mods to be reset */
unsigned char vmods_mask1; /* other half of mask of virtual mods to be reset */
unsigned char vmods0; /* first half of mask of virtual mods to take values from */
unsigned char vmods1; /* other half of mask of virtual mods to take values from */
} XkbRedirectKeyAction;


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