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XmbLookupString

NAME
SYNTAX
ARGUMENTS
DESCRIPTION
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NAME

XmbLookupString, XwcLookupString, Xutf8LookupString − obtain composed input from an input method

SYNTAX

	int XmbLookupString(XIC ic, XKeyPressedEvent *event, char *buffer_return, int bytes_buffer, KeySym *keysym_return, Status *status_return);
	int XwcLookupString(XIC ic, XKeyPressedEvent *event, wchar_t *buffer_return, int wchars_buffer, KeySym *keysym_return, Status *status_return);
	int Xutf8LookupString(XIC ic, XKeyPressedEvent *event, char *buffer_return, int bytes_buffer, KeySym *keysym_return, Status *status_return);

ARGUMENTS

buffer_return

Returns a multibyte string or wide character string (if any) from the input method.

bytes_buffer
wchars_buffer

Specifies space available in the return buffer.

	event		Specifies the key event to be used.
	ic		Specifies the input context.

keysym_return

Returns the KeySym computed from the event if this argument is not NULL.

status_return

Returns a value indicating what kind of data is returned.

DESCRIPTION

The XmbLookupString, XwcLookupString and Xutf8LookupString functions return the string from the input method specified in the buffer_return argument. If no string is returned, the buffer_return argument is unchanged.

The KeySym into which the KeyCode from the event was mapped is returned in the keysym_return argument if it is non-NULL and the status_return argument indicates that a KeySym was returned. If both a string and a KeySym are returned, the KeySym value does not necessarily correspond to the string returned.

XmbLookupString and Xutf8LookupString return the length of the string in bytes, and XwcLookupString returns the length of the string in characters. Both XmbLookupString and XwcLookupString return text in the encoding of the locale bound to the input method of the specified input context, and Xutf8LookupString returns text in UTF-8 encoding.

Each string returned by XmbLookupString and XwcLookupString begins in the initial state of the encoding of the locale (if the encoding of the locale is state-dependent).

Note

®To ensure proper input processing, it is essential that the client pass only KeyPress events to XmbLookupString, XwcLookupString and Xutf8LookupString. Their behavior when a client passes a KeyRelease event is undefined.

Clients should check the status_return argument before using the other returned values. These three functions each return a value to status_return that indicates what has been returned in the other arguments. The possible values returned are:

It does not make any difference if the input context passed as an argument to XmbLookupString, XwcLookupString and Xutf8LookupString is the one currently in possession of the focus or not. Input may have been composed within an input context before it lost the focus, and that input may be returned on subsequent calls to XmbLookupString, XwcLookupString or Xutf8LookupString even though it does not have any more keyboard focus.

The function Xutf8LookupString is an extension introduced by The XFree86 Project, Inc. in their 4.0.2 release. Its presence is indicated by the macro X_HAVE_UTF8_STRING.

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