XkbTranslateKeySym(3) XKB FUNCTIONS XkbTranslateKeySym(3)

NAME

XkbTranslateKeySym - Find the string and symbol associated with a
keysym for a given keyboard state

SYNOPSIS

int XkbTranslateKeySym (Display *dpy, KeySym *sym_inout, unsigned int
mods, char *buf, int nbytes, int *extra_rtrn);

ARGUMENTS

dpy connection to X server

sym_inout
symbol to be translated; result of translation

mods modifiers to apply to sym_inout

buf buffer into which returned string is written

nbytes size of buffer in bytes

extra_rtrn
number of bytes overflow

DESCRIPTION

XkbTranslateKeySym applies the transformations specified in mods to
the symbol specified by sym_inout. It returns in buf the string, if
any, associated with the keysym for the current locale. If the
transformations in mods changes the keysym, sym_inout is updated
accordingly. If the string returned is larger than nbytes, a count of
bytes that does not fit into the buffer is returned in extra_rtrn.
XkbTranslateKeySym returns the number of bytes it placed into buf.

RETURN VALUES

buf Returns the string, if any, associated with the keysym
for the current locale.


X Version 11 libX11 1.8.10 XkbTranslateKeySym(3)