XkbKeyTypesForCoreSymbols(3) XKB FUNCTIONS XkbKeyTypesForCoreSymbols(3)
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 re-
quires 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 XkbNumRe-
quiredTypes 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[Xk-
bOneLevelIndex] 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[XkbT-
woLevelIndex] 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 fol-
lowing:
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 key-
pad 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 fol-
lowing:
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[Xk-
bKeypadIndex] 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 defini-
tions. 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.
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