XkbKeycodeToKeysym(3)

hii bestie 💖 welcome to XkbKeycodeToKeysym(3), a page from the XKB FUNCTIONS manual. she's short, she's useful, she's giving "just tell me the keysym" energy. let's go 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

XkbKeycodeToKeysym — finds the keysym bound to a particular key at a specified group and shift level. no cap, that's the whole quest ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

       KeySym XkbKeycodeToKeysym (Display *dpy, KeyCode kc, unsigned int group,
              unsigned int level);

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dpy — your connection to the X server. the link-up, the handshake, the "hello X, it's me" 💅
• kc — the key of interest. your main character keycode 👑
• group — the group of interest. which group are we snooping on? 👀
• level — the shift level of interest. the shift-level vibe check 🌸

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so XkbKeycodeToKeysym returns the keysym bound to a particular group and shift level for a particular key on the core keyboard. that's it — you point at a key, a group, and a level, and she gives you the keysym back. iconic behavior, honestly 💖

but bestie, the boundaries are real: if kc is not a legal keycode for the core keyboard, or if group or level are out of range for the specified key, XkbKeycodeToKeysym returns NoSymbol. not a keysym, not a surprise, just NoSymbol. periodt 💀

tiny vibe-check: "out of range" and "not legal" both mean NoSymbol — no cap, that's the documented answer. 🙈

xoxo 💅 source/version: X Version 11, libX11 1.8.14; date: not listed on this page; page: XkbKeycodeToKeysym(3). slay and goodbye 🎀