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XLookupKeysym(3)                XLIB FUNCTIONS                XLookupKeysym(3)




NAME

       XLookupKeysym,  XRefreshKeyboardMapping, XLookupString, XRebindKeysym -
       handle keyboard input events in Latin-1


SYNTAX

       KeySym XLookupKeysym(XKeyEvent *key_event, int index);

       int XRefreshKeyboardMapping(XMappingEvent *event_map);

       int XLookupString(XKeyEvent  *event_struct,  char  *buffer_return,  int
              bytes_buffer,   KeySym   *keysym_return,   XComposeStatus  *sta-
              tus_in_out);

       int XRebindKeysym(Display *display, KeySym keysym, KeySym  list[],  int
              mod_count, unsigned char *string, int num_bytes);


ARGUMENTS

       buffer_return
                 Returns the translated characters.

       bytes_buffer
                 Specifies   the   length   of   the  buffer.   No  more  than
                 bytes_buffer of translation are returned.

       num_bytes Specifies the number of bytes in the string argument.

       display   Specifies the connection to the X server.

       event_map Specifies the mapping event that is to be used.

       event_struct
                 Specifies the key event structure to be used.  You  can  pass
                 XKeyPressedEvent or XKeyReleasedEvent.

       index     Specifies  the  index  into  the KeySyms list for the event's
                 KeyCode.

       key_event Specifies the KeyPress or KeyRelease event.

       keysym    Specifies the KeySym that is to be returned.

       keysym_return
                 Returns the KeySym computed from the event if  this  argument
                 is not NULL.

       list      Specifies the KeySyms to be used as modifiers.

       mod_count Specifies the number of modifiers in the modifier list.

       status_in_out
                 Specifies or returns the XComposeStatus structure or NULL.

       string    Specifies  the  string that is copied and will be returned by
                 XLookupString.


DESCRIPTION

       The XLookupKeysym function uses a given keyboard event  and  the  index
       you  specified  to  return the KeySym from the list that corresponds to
       the KeyCode member in the XKeyPressedEvent or XKeyReleasedEvent  struc-
       ture.   If  no KeySym is defined for the KeyCode of the event, XLookup-
       Keysym returns NoSymbol.

       The XRefreshKeyboardMapping function refreshes the stored modifier  and
       keymap  information.   You usually call this function when a MappingNo-
       tify event with a request member of MappingKeyboard or  MappingModifier
       occurs.  The result is to update Xlib's knowledge of the keyboard.

       The  XLookupString  function  translates  a key event to a KeySym and a
       string.  The KeySym is obtained by using the standard interpretation of
       the  Shift, Lock, group, and numlock modifiers as defined in the X Pro-
       tocol specification.  If the KeySym  has  been  rebound  (see  XRebind-
       Keysym), the bound string will be stored in the buffer.  Otherwise, the
       KeySym is mapped, if possible, to an ISO Latin-1 character or  (if  the
       Control modifier is on) to an ASCII control character, and that charac-
       ter is stored in the buffer.  XLookupString returns the number of char-
       acters that are stored in the buffer.

       If  present (non-NULL), the XComposeStatus structure records the state,
       which is private to Xlib,  that  needs  preservation  across  calls  to
       XLookupString  to  implement compose processing.  The creation of XCom-
       poseStatus structures is implementation-dependent; a  portable  program
       must pass NULL for this argument.

       The  XRebindKeysym  function  can  be  used  to rebind the meaning of a
       KeySym for the client.  It does not redefine any key in  the  X  server
       but  merely  provides  an  easy  way for long strings to be attached to
       keys.  XLookupString returns this string when the  appropriate  set  of
       modifier  keys are pressed and when the KeySym would have been used for
       the translation.  No text conversions  are  performed;  the  client  is
       responsible for supplying appropriately encoded strings.  Note that you
       can rebind a KeySym that may not exist.


SEE ALSO

       XButtonEvent(3), XMapEvent(3), XStringToKeysym(3),  XkbLookupKeySym(3),
       XkbRefreshKeyboardMapping(3),  XmbLookupString(3),  XwcLookupString(3),
       Xutf8LookupString(3), Compose(5)
       Xlib - C Language X Interface



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