xkbtranslatekeysym(3) debian man page | unix.com

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  accord-
       ingly.  If  the	string	returned is larger than nbytes, a count of bytes that does not fit into the buffer is returned in extra_rtrn. Xkb-
       TranslateKeySym 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 1.5.0 					     XkbTranslateKeySym(3)