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.TH XkbLookupKeySym 3 "libX11 1.7.0" "X Version 11" "XKB FUNCTIONS"
.SH NAME
XkbLookupKeySym \- Find the symbol associated with a key for a particular state
.SH SYNOPSIS
.HP
.B Bool XkbLookupKeySym
.BI "(\^Display *" "dpy" "\^,"
.BI "KeyCode " "key" "\^,"
.BI "unsigned int " "state" "\^,"
.BI "unsigned int *" "mods_rtrn" "\^,"
.BI "KeySym *" "sym_rtrn" "\^);"
.if n .ti +5n
.if t .ti +.5i
.SH ARGUMENTS
.TP
.I \- dpy
connection to X server
.TP
.I \- key
key for which symbols are to be found
.TP
.I \- state
state for which symbol should be found
.TP
.I \- mods_rtrn
backfilled with consumed modifiers
.TP
.I \- sym_rtrn
backfilled with symbol associated with key + state
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
.I XkbLookupKeySym 
is the equivalent of the core 
.I XLookupKeySym 
function. For the core keyboard, given a keycode 
.I key 
and an Xkb state 
.I state, XkbLookupKeySym 
returns the symbol associated with the key in 
.I sym_rtrn 
and the list of modifiers that should still be applied in 
.I mods_rtrn. 
The 
.I state 
parameter is the state from a KeyPress or KeyRelease event. 
.I XkbLookupKeySym 
returns True if it succeeds.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR XLookupKeySym (3)

