XkbLookupKeySym(3)

💅 XkbLookupKeySym(3) 💅 — the XKB FUNCTIONS page 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

XkbLookupKeySym — find the symbol associated with a key for a particular state. periodt ✨

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

Bool XkbLookupKeySym (Display *dpy, KeyCode key, unsigned int state,
       unsigned int *mods_rtrn, KeySym *sym_rtrn);

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dpy — your connection to the X server, bestie.
• key — the key whose symbols we're trying to find.
• state — the state we want the symbol for.
• mods_rtrn — gets backfilled with consumed modifiers.
• sym_rtrn — gets backfilled with the symbol associated with key + state.

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so XkbLookupKeySym is literally the equivalent of the core XLookupKeySym function. For the core keyboard, if you give it a keycode key and an Xkb state state, it returns the symbol associated with the key in sym_rtrn, plus the list of modifiers that should still be applied in mods_rtrn. 🔥

The state parameter is the state from a KeyPress or KeyRelease event. And XkbLookupKeySym returns True if it succeeds — slay. 💅

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• XLookupKeySym(3) — the core function it's equivalent to, iykyk.

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💖 that's a wrap, bestie! brought to you by X Version 11 and libX11 1.8.14 — this is the XkbLookupKeySym(3) page, no cap. 🎀✨