xcb-util-keysyms
brew install xcb-util-keysyms
v0.4.1
X11
X11 C library providing keysym constants and keysym-to-keycode conversion utilities.
Why you might care
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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Runtime dependencies
Build dependencies
Links
- https://xcb.freedesktop.org
- Brew formula source: Formula/x/xcb-util-keysyms.rb
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