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NAME

       XkbKeyTypesForCoreSymbols  - Determine the Xkb key types appropriate for the symbols bound
       to a key in a core keyboard mapping

SYNOPSIS

       int XkbKeyTypesForCoreSymbols (XkbDescPtr xkb, int map_width, KeySym *core_syms,  unsigned
              int protected, int *types_inout, KeySym *xkb_syms_rtrn);

ARGUMENTS

       - xkb  keyboard description in which to place symbols

       - map_width
              width of core protocol keymap in xkb_syms_rtrn

       - core_syms
              core protocol format array of KeySyms

       - protected
              explicit key types

       - types_inout
              backfilled with the canonical types bound to groups one and two for the key

       - xkb_syms_rtrn
              backfilled with symbols bound to the key in the Xkb mapping

DESCRIPTION

       XkbKeyTypesForCoreSymbols  expands the symbols in core_syms and types in types_inout, then
       chooses canonical key types (canonical key types are defined The Canonical Key Types)  for
       groups  1  and  2  using  the  rules  specified  by  the  Xkb  protocol and places them in
       xkb_syms_rtrn, which will be non-NULL.

       The Canonical Key Types

       Xkb allows up to XkbMaxKeyTypes (255) key types to  be  defined,  but  requires  at  least
       XkbNumRequiredTypes  (4)  predefined  types to be in a key map. These predefined key types
       are referred to as the canonical key types and describe the types  of  keys  available  on
       most  keyboards.  The  definitions  for  the  canonical  key  types  are held in the first
       XkbNumRequiredTypes entries of the types field of the client map and are indexed using the
       following constants:

           XkbOneLevelIndex
           XkbTwoLevelIndex
           XkbAlphabeticIndex
           XkbKeypadIndex

       ONE_LEVEL

       The  ONE_LEVEL  key type describes groups that have only one symbol. The default ONE_LEVEL
       key type has no map entries and does not  pay  attention  to  any  modifiers.  A  symbolic
       representation of this key type could look like the following:

           type "ONE_LEVEL" {
                modifiers = None;
                map[None]= Level1;
                level_name[Level1]= "Any";
           };

       The  description  of the ONE_LEVEL key type is stored in the types[XkbOneLevelIndex] entry
       of the client key map.

       TWO_LEVEL

       The TWO_LEVEL key type describes groups that  consist  of  two  symbols  but  are  neither
       alphabetic  nor  numeric  keypad  keys.  The  default  TWO_LEVEL  type uses only the Shift
       modifier. It returns shift level two if Shift is set, and  level  one  if  it  is  not.  A
       symbolic representation of this key type could look like the following:

           type "TWO_LEVEL" {
               modifiers = Shift;
               map[Shift]= Level2;
               level_name[Level1]= "Base";
               level_name[Level2]= "Shift";
           };

       The  description  of the TWO_LEVEL key type is stored in the types[XkbTwoLevelIndex] entry
       of the client key map.

       ALPHABETIC

       The ALPHABETIC key type describes groups consisting of two symbols: the lowercase form  of
       a  symbol  followed by the uppercase form of the same symbol.  The default ALPHABETIC type
       implements locale-sensitive "Shift cancels CapsLock" behavior using  both  the  Shift  and
       Lock modifiers as follows:

       •    If Shift and Lock are both set, the default ALPHABETIC type yields level one.

       •    If Shift alone is set, it yields level two.

       •    If  Lock  alone  is set, it yields level one, but preserves the Lock modifier so Xlib
            notices and applies the appropriate capitalization  rules.  The  Xlib  functions  are
            locale-sensitive and apply different capitalization rules for different locales.

       •    If neither Shift nor Lock is set, it yields level one.

            A symbolic representation of this key type could look like the following:

                type "ALPHABETIC" {
                    modifiers = Shift+Lock;
                    map[Shift]= Level2;
                    preserve[Lock]= Lock;
                    level_name[Level1]= "Base";
                    level_name[Level2]= "Caps";
                };

            The description of the ALPHABETIC key type is stored in the types[XkbAlphabeticIndex]
            entry of the client key map.

            KEYPAD

            The KEYPAD key type describes groups that consist of two symbols,  at  least  one  of
            which  is  a numeric keypad symbol. The numeric keypad symbol is assumed to reside at
            level two. The default KEYPAD key type implements "Shift  cancels  NumLock"  behavior
            using  the  Shift  modifier and the real modifier bound to the virtual modifier named
            "NumLock," known as the NumLock modifier, as follows:

       •    If Shift and NumLock are both set, the default KEYPAD type yields level one.

       •    If Shift alone is set, it yields level two.

       •    If NumLock alone is set, it yields level two.

       •    If neither Shift nor NumLock is set, it yields level one.

            A symbolic representation of this key type could look like the following:

                type "KEYPAD" {
                    modifiers = Shift+NumLock;
                    map[None]= Level1;
                    map[Shift]= Level2;
                    map[NumLock]= Level2;
                    map[Shift+NumLock]= Level1;
                    level_name[Level1]= "Base";
                    level_name[Level2]= "Caps";
                };

            The description of the KEYPAD key type is stored in the  types[XkbKeypadIndex]  entry
            of the client key map.

            A  core  keymap  is  a two-dimensional array of keysyms. It has map_width columns and
            max_key_code rows.  XkbKeyTypesForCoreSymbols takes a single row from a core  keymap,
            determines  the  number of groups associated with it, the type of each group, and the
            symbols bound to each group.  The return value is the number of  groups,  types_inout
            has  the  types  for each group, and xkb_syms_rtrn has the symbols in Xkb order (that
            is, groups are contiguous, regardless of size).

            protected contains the  explicitly  protected  key  types.  There  is  one   explicit
            override  control  associated with each of the four possible groups for each Xkb key,
            ExplicitKeyType1 through ExplicitKeyType4; protected is  an  inclusive  OR  of  these
            controls.   map_width is the width of the core keymap and is not dependent on any Xkb
            definitions.  types_inout is an array of four type  indices.  On  input,  types_inout
            contains  the  indices  of  any  types  already assigned to the key, in case they are
            explicitly protected from change.

            Upon return, types_inout contains any automatically  selected  (that  is,  canonical)
            types  plus  any  protected types. Canonical types are assigned to all four groups if
            there are enough symbols to do so. The four entries in types_inout correspond to  the
            four groups for the key in question.