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xkbcommon

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Versions in this module

v0

v0.2.0

Oct 1, 2026

Changes in this version

+ func KeysymNameInto(sym uint32, dst []byte) (int, error)

type Keymap

+ func (k *Keymap) KeyRepeats(keycode uint32) (bool, error)

type State

+ func (s *State) ModIndexActive(idx uint32) (bool, error)

+ func (s *State) ModNameActive(name string) (bool, error)

v0.1.0

Sep 30, 2026

Changes in this version

+ const MaxUTF8Buffer

+ var ErrClosed = errors.New("xkbcommon: closed handle")

+ var ErrUTF8Buffer = fmt.Errorf("xkbcommon: UTF-8 buffer length must be 1..%d", MaxUTF8Buffer)

+ func Available() error

+ func KeysymFromName(name string) (uint32, error)

+ func KeysymName(sym uint32) (string, error)

+ func WaylandKeycode(evdev uint32) uint32

+ type ComposeState struct

+ func (s *ComposeState) Close() error

+ func (s *ComposeState) Feed(sym uint32) (uint32, error)

+ func (s *ComposeState) KeySym() (uint32, error)

+ func (s *ComposeState) Reset() error

+ func (s *ComposeState) Status() (uint32, error)

+ func (s *ComposeState) UTF8() (string, error)

+ func (s *ComposeState) UTF8Into(dst []byte) (int, error)

+ type ComposeTable struct

+ func (t *ComposeTable) Close() error

+ func (t *ComposeTable) NewState() (*ComposeState, error)

+ type Context struct

+ func NewContext() (*Context, error)

+ func (c *Context) Close() error

+ func (c *Context) NewComposeTable(locale string) (*ComposeTable, error)

+ func (c *Context) NewKeymapFD(fd int, size int) (*Keymap, error)

+ func (c *Context) NewKeymapRules(rules, model, layout, variant, options string) (*Keymap, error)

+ func (c *Context) NewKeymapString(text string) (*Keymap, error)

+ type Keymap struct

+ func (k *Keymap) Close() error

+ func (k *Keymap) LayoutCount() (uint32, error)

+ func (k *Keymap) ModIndex(name string) (uint32, error)

+ func (k *Keymap) NewState() (*State, error)

+ type State struct

+ func (s *State) Close() error

+ func (s *State) KeySym(keycode uint32) (uint32, error)

+ func (s *State) Layout() (uint32, error)

+ func (s *State) Mods() (uint32, error)

+ func (s *State) UTF8(keycode uint32) (string, error)

+ func (s *State) UTF8Into(keycode uint32, dst []byte) (int, error)

+ func (s *State) UpdateMask(depressed, latched, locked, groupDepressed, groupLatched, groupLocked uint32) (uint32, error)