XkbFindOverlayForKey(3)

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version 1.8.14 · 8 versions
, in alpine 3.24, arch rolling, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable

✨ XkbFindOverlayForKey(3) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the XKB FUNCTIONS corner of the manual 💅 this page is all about XkbFindOverlayForKey, and we're gonna make it make sense. no cap.

🎀 NAME 🎀

XkbFindOverlayForKey — find the alternate name by using the primary name for a key that is part of an overlay 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

       char * XkbFindOverlayForKey (XkbGeometryPtr geom, XkbSectionPtr section,
              _Xconst char *under);

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • geom — the geometry that contains the section. it's literally the home base for the section 🏠
  • section — the section to be searched for matching keys. this is the search zone, bestie 🔍
  • under — the primary name of the key to be considered. the name you're starting from 💫

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Keys that can generate multiple keycodes may be associated with multiple names. Such keys have a primary name and an alternate name. 👑

XkbFindOverlayForKey uses the primary name of the key, under, to look up the alternate name, which it returns. that's the whole function, and honestly? iconic. 🌟

mwah 💋 that's the page, bestie! this lil gem comes from X Version 11 and libX11 1.8.14, and it's XkbFindOverlayForKey(3) — periodt 🫶

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