NAME

       XLookupKeysym, XRefreshKeyboardMapping, XLookupString, XRebindKeysym - handle keyboard
       input events in Latin-1

SYNTAX

       KeySym XLookupKeysym(XKeyEvent *key_event, int index);

       int XRefreshKeyboardMapping(XMappingEvent *event_map);

       int XLookupString(XKeyEvent *event_struct, char *buffer_return, int bytes_buffer, KeySym
              *keysym_return, XComposeStatus *status_in_out);

       int XRebindKeysym(Display *display, KeySym keysym, KeySym list[], int mod_count, unsigned
              char *string, int num_bytes);

ARGUMENTS

       buffer_return
                 Returns the translated characters.

       bytes_buffer
                 Specifies the length of the buffer.  No more than bytes_buffer of translation
                 are returned.

       num_bytes Specifies the number of bytes in the string argument.

       display   Specifies the connection to the X server.

       event_map Specifies the mapping event that is to be used.

       event_struct
                 Specifies the key event structure to be used.  You can pass XKeyPressedEvent or
                 XKeyReleasedEvent.

       index     Specifies the index into the KeySyms list for the event's KeyCode.

       key_event Specifies the KeyPress or KeyRelease event.

       keysym    Specifies the KeySym that is to be .

       keysym_return
                 Returns the KeySym computed from the event if this argument is not NULL.

       list      Specifies the KeySyms to be used as modifiers.

       mod_count Specifies the number of modifiers in the modifier list.

       status_in_out
                 Specifies or returns the XComposeStatus structure or NULL.

       string    Specifies the string that is copied and will be returned by XLookupString.

DESCRIPTION

       The XLookupKeysym function uses a given keyboard event and the index you specified to
       return the KeySym from the list that corresponds to the KeyCode member in the
       XKeyPressedEvent or XKeyReleasedEvent structure.  If no KeySym is defined for the KeyCode
       of the event, XLookupKeysym returns NoSymbol.

       The XRefreshKeyboardMapping function refreshes the stored modifier and keymap information.
       You usually call this function when a MappingNotify event with a request member of
       MappingKeyboard or MappingModifier occurs.  The result is to update Xlib's knowledge of
       the keyboard.

       The XLookupString function translates a key event to a KeySym and a string.  The KeySym is
       obtained by using the standard interpretation of the Shift, Lock, group, and numlock
       modifiers as defined in the X Protocol specification.  If the KeySym has been rebound (see
       XRebindKeysym), the bound string will be stored in the buffer.  Otherwise, the KeySym is
       mapped, if possible, to an ISO Latin-1 character or (if the Control modifier is on) to an
       ASCII control character, and that character is stored in the buffer.  XLookupString
       returns the number of characters that are stored in the buffer.

       If present (non-NULL), the XComposeStatus structure records the state, which is private to
       Xlib, that needs preservation across calls to XLookupString to implement compose
       processing.  The creation of XComposeStatus structures is implementation-dependent; a
       portable program must pass NULL for this argument.

       The XRebindKeysym function can be used to rebind the meaning of a KeySym for the client.
       It does not redefine any key in the X server but merely provides an easy way for long
       strings to be attached to keys.  XLookupString returns this string when the appropriate
       set of modifier keys are pressed and when the KeySym would have been used for the
       translation.  No text conversions are performed; the client is responsible for supplying
       appropriately encoded strings.  Note that you can rebind a KeySym that may not exist.

SEE ALSO

       XButtonEvent(3), XMapEvent(3), XStringToKeysym(3), XkbLookupKeySym(3),
       XkbRefreshKeyboardMapping(3), XmbLookupString(3), XwcLookupString(3),
       Xutf8LookupString(3), Compose(5)
       Xlib - C Language X Interface