Does xkbcommon have modifier masks, like that used in the “state” field of XKeyEvent?
> On 4 Dec 2021, at 08:34, adlo <adloco...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Basically the program I’m working on was originally designed for X11, and > I’m trying to adapt it to Wayland. I’m trying to find an equivalent to > XKeysymToKeycode(). > >> it doesn't, but if you look at xkbcli how-to-type and it's source >> (tools/how-to-type.c) that's the closest approximation. > > What does this program do? Does it iterate through all possible keycodes and > lookup the keysym for them? >> >> Main reason is that the keycode->keysym conversion is one-way only and it's >> not 100% reliable to go back. e.g. if a modifier is locked/latched you cannot >> access certain keysyms without unlocking that modifier, etc. > > How would I deal with capital letters with regards to getting a keycode from > a keysym? > >> KEY_TAB is defined in linux/input-event-codes.h. XKB uses those keycodes + 8 >> for the evdev ruleset (see /usr/share/X11/xkb/keycodes/evdev for the mapping) >> and it goes from there. If you're using a different ruleset you're going to >> get interesting results but evdev is effectively hardcoded everywhere anyway, >> so you won't. > > Is linux/input-event-codes.h keycodes or keysyms?
