XStringToKeysym(XS)      X Version 11 (Release 5)        XStringToKeysym(XS)
                                6 January 1993


 Name

    XStringToKeysym - convert keysyms

 Syntax


    KeySym XStringToKeysym(string)
          char *string;

    char *XKeysymToString(keysym)
          KeySym keysym;

    KeySym XKeycodeToKeysym(display, keycode, index)
          Display *display;
          KeyCode keycode;
          int index;

    KeyCode XKeysymToKeycode(display, keysym)
          Display *display;
          KeySym keysym;


 Arguments


    display   Specifies the connection to the X server.

    index     Specifies the element of KeyCode vector.

    keycode   Specifies the KeyCode.

    keysym    Specifies the KeySym that is to be searched for or converted.

    string    Specifies the name of the KeySym that is to be converted.

 Description

    Standard KeySym names are obtained from <X11/keysymdef.h> by removing the
    XK_ prefix from each name.  KeySyms that are not part of the Xlib stan-
    dard also may be obtained with this function.  Note that the set of
    KeySysms that are available in this manner and the mechanisms by which
    Xlib obtains them is implementation dependent.

    If the keysym name is not in the Host Portable Character Encoding the
    result is implementation dependent.  If the specified string does not
    match a valid KeySym, XStringToKeysym returns NoSymbol.

    The returned string is in a static area and must not be modified.  The
    returned string is in the Host Portable Character Encoding.  If the
    specified KeySym is not defined, XKeysymToString returns a NULL.

    The XKeycodeToKeysym function uses internal Xlib tables and returns the
    KeySym defined for the specified KeyCode and the element of the KeyCode
    vector.  If no symbol is defined, XKeycodeToKeysym returns NoSymbol.

    If the specified KeySym is not defined for any KeyCode, XKeysymToKeycode
    returns zero.

 See also

    XLookupKeysym(XS)
    Xlib - C Language X Interface