Keymap Creation

Macros
#define	XKB_KEYMAP_USE_ORIGINAL_FORMAT   ((enum xkb_keymap_format) -1)

Enumerations
enum	xkb_keymap_compile_flags { XKB_KEYMAP_COMPILE_NO_FLAGS = 0 }
enum	xkb_keymap_format { XKB_KEYMAP_FORMAT_TEXT_V1 = 1 }

Functions
struct xkb_keymap *	xkb_keymap::xkb_keymap_new_from_names (struct xkb_context *context, const struct xkb_rule_names *names, enum xkb_keymap_compile_flags flags)
struct xkb_keymap *	xkb_keymap::xkb_keymap_new_from_file (struct xkb_context *context, FILE *file, enum xkb_keymap_format format, enum xkb_keymap_compile_flags flags)
struct xkb_keymap *	xkb_keymap::xkb_keymap_new_from_string (struct xkb_context *context, const char *string, enum xkb_keymap_format format, enum xkb_keymap_compile_flags flags)
struct xkb_keymap *	xkb_keymap::xkb_keymap_new_from_buffer (struct xkb_context *context, const char *buffer, size_t length, enum xkb_keymap_format format, enum xkb_keymap_compile_flags flags)
struct xkb_keymap *	xkb_keymap::xkb_keymap_ref (struct xkb_keymap *keymap)
void	xkb_keymap::xkb_keymap_unref (struct xkb_keymap *keymap)
char *	xkb_keymap::xkb_keymap_get_as_string (struct xkb_keymap *keymap, enum xkb_keymap_format format)

Detailed Description

Creating and destroying keymaps.

Macro Definition Documentation

#define XKB_KEYMAP_USE_ORIGINAL_FORMAT   ((enum xkb_keymap_format) -1)

Get the keymap as a string in the format from which it was created.

See also

xkb_keymap_get_as_string()

Enumeration Type Documentation

enum xkb_keymap_compile_flags

Flags for keymap compilation.

Enumerator
XKB_KEYMAP_COMPILE_NO_FLAGS	Do not apply any flags.

enum xkb_keymap_format

The possible keymap formats.

Enumerator
XKB_KEYMAP_FORMAT_TEXT_V1	The current/classic XKB text format, as generated by xkbcomp -xkb.

Function Documentation

struct xkb_keymap * xkb_keymap_new_from_names	(	struct xkb_context *	context,
		const struct xkb_rule_names *	names,
		enum xkb_keymap_compile_flags	flags
	)

Create a keymap from RMLVO names.

The primary keymap entry point: creates a new XKB keymap from a set of RMLVO (Rules + Model + Layouts + Variants + Options) names.

Parameters

context	The context in which to create the keymap.
names	The RMLVO names to use. See xkb_rule_names.
flags	Optional flags for the keymap, or 0.

Returns

A keymap compiled according to the RMLVO names, or NULL if the compilation failed.

See also

xkb_rule_names

struct xkb_keymap * xkb_keymap_new_from_file	(	struct xkb_context *	context,
		FILE *	file,
		enum xkb_keymap_format	format,
		enum xkb_keymap_compile_flags	flags
	)

Create a keymap from a keymap file.

Parameters

context	The context in which to create the keymap.
file	The keymap file to compile.
format	The text format of the keymap file to compile.
flags	Optional flags for the keymap, or 0.

Returns

A keymap compiled from the given XKB keymap file, or NULL if the compilation failed.

The file must contain a complete keymap. For example, in the XKB_KEYMAP_FORMAT_TEXT_V1 format, this means the file must contain one top level 'xkb_keymap' section, which in turn contains other required sections.

struct xkb_keymap * xkb_keymap_new_from_string	(	struct xkb_context *	context,
		const char *	string,
		enum xkb_keymap_format	format,
		enum xkb_keymap_compile_flags	flags
	)

Create a keymap from a keymap string.

This is just like xkb_keymap_new_from_file(), but instead of a file, gets the keymap as one enormous string.

See also

xkb_keymap_new_from_file()

struct xkb_keymap * xkb_keymap_new_from_buffer	(	struct xkb_context *	context,
		const char *	buffer,
		size_t	length,
		enum xkb_keymap_format	format,
		enum xkb_keymap_compile_flags	flags
	)

Create a keymap from a memory buffer.

This is just like xkb_keymap_new_from_string(), but takes a length argument so the input string does not have to be zero-terminated.

See also

xkb_keymap_new_from_string()

Since

0.3.0

struct xkb_keymap * xkb_keymap_ref

(

struct xkb_keymap *

keymap

)

Take a new reference on a keymap.

Returns

The passed in keymap.

void xkb_keymap_unref

(

struct xkb_keymap *

keymap

)

Release a reference on a keymap, and possibly free it.

Parameters

keymap

The keymap. If it is NULL, this function does nothing.

char * xkb_keymap_get_as_string	(	struct xkb_keymap *	keymap,
		enum xkb_keymap_format	format
	)

Get the compiled keymap as a string.

Parameters

keymap	The keymap to get as a string.
format	The keymap format to use for the string. You can pass in the special value XKB_KEYMAP_USE_ORIGINAL_FORMAT to use the format from which the keymap was originally created.

Returns

The keymap as a NUL-terminated string, or NULL if unsuccessful.

The returned string may be fed back into xkb_map_new_from_string() to get the exact same keymap (possibly in another process, etc.).

The returned string is dynamically allocated and should be freed by the caller.