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 1.3.2 XkbTranslateKeySym(3)
