XmbLookupString(3)

NAME

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

SYNTAX

       int XmbLookupString(XIC ic, XKeyPressedEvent *event, char *buf-
              fer_return, int bytes_buffer, KeySym *keysym_return, Status
              *status_return);

       int XwcLookupString(XIC ic, XKeyPressedEvent *event, wchar_t *buf-
              fer_return, int wchars_buffer, KeySym *keysym_return, Status
              *status_return);

       int Xutf8LookupString(XIC ic, XKeyPressedEvent *event, char *buf-
              fer_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 char-
       acters.  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

            (R)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 sta-
       tus_return that indicates what has been returned in the other argu-
       ments.  The possible values returned are:

       XBufferOverflow   The input string to be returned is too
                         large for the supplied buffer_return.  The
                         required size (for XmbLookupString,
                         Xutf8LookupString in bytes; for XwcLookup-
                         String in characters) is returned as the
                         value of the function, and the contents of
                         buffer_return and keysym_return are not
                         modified.  The client should recall the
                         function with the same event and a buffer
                         of adequate size to obtain the string.
       XLookupNone       No consistent input has been composed so
                         far.  The contents of buffer_return and
                         keysym_return are not modified, and the
                         function returns zero.
       XLookupChars      Some input characters have been composed.
                         They are placed in the buffer_return argu-
                         ment, using the encoding described above,
                         and the string length is returned as the
                         value of the function.  The content of the
                         keysym_return argument is not modified.
       XLookupKeySym     A KeySym has been returned instead of a
                         string and is returned in keysym_return.
                         The content of the buffer_return argument
                         is not modified, and the function returns
                         zero.
       XLookupBoth       Both a KeySym and a string are returned;
                         XLookupChars and XLookupKeySym occur simul-
                         taneously.

       It does not make any difference if the input context passed as an argu-
       ment 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.

SEE ALSO

       XLookupKeysym(3X11)
       Xlib - C Language X Interface

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