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xcb-util-keysyms

brew install xcb-util-keysyms v0.4.1 X11

X11 C library providing keysym constants and keysym-to-keycode conversion utilities.

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Required by X11 applications and libraries that need to map keyboard symbols to hardware keycodes. Handles the translation layer between symbolic key names (like XK_Return) and the raw keycodes the X server reports, essential for any X11 input handling.

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