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This is a short list of key symbols to use with irxevent. Extracted
from keysymdef.h. There are much more than these. Just look at your
keysymdef.h somewhere in /usr/include/X11/. Not all these key symbols
will be used by your X server but still it may help you to find the
right key.


/*
 * TTY Functions
 */

BackSpace       /* back space, back char */
Tab
Linefeed        /* Linefeed, LF */
Clear
Return          /* Return, enter */
Pause           /* Pause, hold */
Scroll_Lock
Sys_Req
Escape
Delete          /* Delete, rubout */


/* Cursor control & motion */

Home
Left            /* Move left, left arrow */
Up              /* Move up, up arrow */
Right           /* Move right, right arrow */
Down            /* Move down, down arrow */
Prior           /* Prior, previous */
Page_Up
Next            /* Next */
Page_Down
End             /* EOL */
Begin           /* BOL */


/* Misc Functions */

Select          /* Select, mark */
Print
Execute         /* Execute, run, do */
Insert          /* Insert, insert here */
Undo            /* Undo, oops */
Redo            /* redo, again */
Menu
Find            /* Find, search */
Cancel          /* Cancel, stop, abort, exit */
Help            /* Help */
Break
Mode_switch     /* Character set switch */
script_switch   /* Alias for mode_switch */
Num_Lock


/* Keypad Functions, keypad numbers cleverly chosen to map to ascii */

KP_Space        /* space */
KP_Tab
KP_Enter        /* enter */
KP_F1           /* PF1, KP_A, ... */
KP_F2
KP_F3
KP_F4
KP_Home
KP_Left
KP_Up
KP_Right
KP_Down
KP_Prior
KP_Page_Up
KP_Next
KP_Page_Down
KP_End
KP_Begin
KP_Insert
KP_Delete
KP_Equal        /* equals */
KP_Multiply
KP_Add
KP_Separator    /* separator, often comma */
KP_Subtract
KP_Decimal
KP_Divide
KP_0
KP_1
KP_2
KP_3
KP_4
KP_5
KP_6
KP_7
KP_8
KP_9



/*
 * Auxilliary Functions; note the duplicate definitions for left and right
 * function keys;  Sun keyboards and a few other manufactures have such
 * function key groups on the left and/or right sides of the keyboard.
 * We've not found a keyboard with more than 35 function keys total.
 */

F1
F2
F3
F4
F5
F6
F7
F8
F9
F10
F11
L1
F12
L2
F13
L3
F14
L4
F15
L5
F16
L6
F17
L7
F18
L8
F19
L9
F20
L10
F21
R1
F22
R2
F23
R3
F24
R4
F25
R5
F26
R6
F27
R7
F28
R8
F29
R9
F30
R10
F31
R11
F32
R12
F33
R13
F34
R14
F35
R15

/* Modifiers */

Shift_L         /* Left shift */
Shift_R         /* Right shift */
Control_L       /* Left control */
Control_R       /* Right control */
Caps_Lock       /* Caps lock */
Shift_Lock      /* Shift lock */

Meta_L          /* Left meta */
Meta_R          /* Right meta */
Alt_L           /* Left alt */
Alt_R           /* Right alt */
Super_L         /* Left super */
Super_R         /* Right super */
Hyper_L         /* Left hyper */
Hyper_R         /* Right hyper */


/*
 *  Latin 1
 */

space
exclam
quotedbl
numbersign
dollar
percent
ampersand
apostrophe
quoteright          /* deprecated */
parenleft
parenright
asterisk
plus
comma
minus
period
slash
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
colon
semicolon
less
equal
greater
question
at
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
bracketleft
backslash
bracketright
asciicircum
underscore
grave
quoteleft           /* deprecated */
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z
braceleft
bar
braceright
asciitilde

nobreakspace
exclamdown
cent
sterling
currency
yen
brokenbar
section
diaeresis
copyright
ordfeminine
guillemotleft       /* left angle quotation mark */
notsign
hyphen
registered
macron
degree
plusminus
twosuperior
threesuperior
acute
mu
paragraph
periodcentered
cedilla
onesuperior
masculine
guillemotright      /* right angle quotation mark */
onequarter
onehalf
threequarters
questiondown
Agrave
Aacute
Acircumflex
Atilde
Adiaeresis
Aring
AE
Ccedilla
Egrave
Eacute
Ecircumflex
Ediaeresis
Igrave
Iacute
Icircumflex
Idiaeresis
ETH
Eth                 /* deprecated */
Ntilde
Ograve
Oacute
Ocircumflex
Otilde
Odiaeresis
multiply
Ooblique
Ugrave
Uacute
Ucircumflex
Udiaeresis
Yacute
THORN
Thorn               /* deprecated */
ssharp
agrave
aacute
acircumflex
atilde
adiaeresis
aring
ae
ccedilla
egrave
eacute
ecircumflex
ediaeresis
igrave
iacute
icircumflex
idiaeresis
eth
ntilde
ograve
oacute
ocircumflex
otilde
odiaeresis
division
oslash
ugrave
uacute
ucircumflex
udiaeresis
yacute
thorn
ydiaeresis

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