XkbResizeKeySyms(3) XKB FUNCTIONS XkbResizeKeySyms(3)
NAME
XkbResizeKeySyms - Change the number of symbols bound to a key
SYNOPSIS
KeySym * XkbResizeKeySyms (XkbDescRec *xkb, int key, int needed);
ARGUMENTS
xkb keyboard description to be changed
key keycode for key to modify
needed new number of keysyms required for key
DESCRIPTION
XkbResizeKeySyms reserves the space needed for needed keysyms and re-
turns a pointer to the beginning of the new array that holds the
keysyms. It adjusts the offset field of the key_sym_map entry for the
key if necessary and can also change the syms, num_syms, and size_syms
fields of xkb->map if it is necessary to reallocate the syms array. Xk-
bResizeKeySyms does not modify either the width or number of groups as-
sociated with the key.
If needed is greater than the current number of keysyms for the key, Xk-
bResizeKeySyms initializes all new keysyms in the array to NoSymbol.
Because the number of symbols needed by a key is normally computed as
width * number of groups, and XkbResizeKeySyms does not modify either
the width or number of groups for the key, a discrepancy exists upon re-
turn from XkbResizeKeySyms between the space allocated for the keysyms
and the number required. The unused entries in the list of symbols re-
turned by XkbResizeKeySyms are not preserved across future calls to any
of the map editing functions, so you must update the key symbol mapping
(which updates the width and number of groups for the key) before call-
ing another allocator function. A call to XkbChangeTypesOfKey will up-
date the mapping.
If any allocation errors occur while resizing the number of symbols
bound to the key, XkbResizeKeySyms returns NULL.
SEE ALSO
XkbChangeTypesOfKey(3), XkbResizeKeyActions(3)
NOTES
A change to the number of symbols bound to a key should be accompanied
by a change in the number of actions bound to a key. Refer to XkbRe-
sizeKeyActions for more information on changing the number of actions
bound to a key.
X Version 11 libX11 1.8.12 XkbResizeKeySyms(3)
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