XkbFindOverlayForKey (3)

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(The comments found at the beginning of the groff file "man3/XkbFindOverlayForKey.3".)

NAME

XkbFindOverlayForKey - Find the alternate name by using the primary name for a key that is part of an overlay

SYNOPSIS

char * XkbFindOverlayForKey (XkbGeometryPtr geom, XkbSectionPtr section, char *under);
     

ARGUMENTS

- geom

geometry that contains the section

- section

section to be searched for matching keys

- under

primary name of the key to be considered

DESCRIPTION

Keys that can generate multiple keycodes may be associated with multiple names. Such keys have a primary name and an alternate name.
XkbFindOverlayForKey uses the primary name of the key, under, to look up the alternate name, which it returns.