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  2. x11-keysyms
    1. Introduction
    2. Usage
    3. Examples
    4. Author
    5. Version history
    6. License

x11-keysyms

Introduction

This extension maps named X11 keysyms to their names and vice versa.

A single procedure is exported:

[procedure] (keysym CODE-OR-NAME)

If CODE-OR-NAME is an exact integer, (keysym CODE-OR-NAME returns a symbol naming the X11 keysym. If the argument is a symbol, the keysym code is returned as an exact integer.

The following subset of keysyms is available:

TTY function keys

International & multi-key character composition

Japanese keyboard support

Cursor control & motion

Misc functions

Keypad functions

Auxilliary functions

Modifiers

Latin-1

Usage

 
 (require-extension x11-keysyms)

Examples

 
(keysym #xff0a)    ==>   Linefeed            ; <- note the uppercase 'L'!
(keysym 'dollar)   ==>   36

Author

felix winkelmann

Version history
0.2
added test-script
0.1
initial version

License

 
Copyright (c) 2011, Felix L. Winkelmann
All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following
conditions are met:

  Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
    disclaimer. 
  Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
    disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 
  Neither the name of the author nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote
    products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. 

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