keysym — The symbolic name of a key on a keyboard
keysym ::=
(text | phrase
db._phrase | replaceable
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The keysym
identifies the symbolic name of a
key on a computer keyboard. This is distinct from any scan code that it
may generate (keycode
), or any symbolic name
(keysym
) that might exist for the key.
accel
, guibutton
, guiicon
, guilabel
, guimenu
, guimenuitem
, guisubmenu
, keycap
, keycode
, keycombo
, menuchoice
, mousebutton
, shortcut
<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'> <title>Example keysym</title> <para>The <keycap>F1</keycap> key on an IBM PC keyboard generates the scan code <keycode>0x3B</keycode> when pressed. This value is defined as <keysym>KEY_F1</keysym> in <filename class="headerfile">keyboard.h</filename>. </para> </article>