Get a key state directly from X11?

[crazyfuturamanoob]

I absolutely have to do this, and my function doesn't seem to work. I know very little about binary, X11 and keyboard scancodes.


int get_key_state( Display *dpy, char key )
{
char keys[32];
XQueryKeymap( dpy, keys );

int byte = floor( key / 4 );
int bit = key - ( byte * 4 );

switch( bit )
{
case 0:
return keys[byte] & 0x01;

case 1:
return keys[byte] & 0x02;

case 2:
return keys[byte] & 0x04;

case 3:
return keys[byte] & 0x08;

default:
break;
}

printf( "Error! Byte: %d Bit: %d\n", byte, bit );
return 0;
}

I couldn't find much info about X11. And I'm not sure about endianness. Should the switch be inverted?


This is for a console program which is supposed to work only if scroll lock is on.

[NintenDave]

I'm missing something about your mathematics here. First of all, because key and 4 are integer types, that floor function is useless and, in fact, you're passing the wrong type into it (http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/clibrary/cmath/floor/) (but it is implicitly cast). Also, if byte is key/4, then bit is key-((key/4)*4), which is key-key, which is 0.

Unfortunately, I don't know enough about Xlib to help you any further than pointing out these logic errors.

[crazyfuturamanoob]

Yeah, floor() is useless. I put it there just to be 100% sure.

And key-((key/4)*4) is not always 0. What if key was 103?


103-(103/4)*4 = 103-(25)*4 = 103-100 = 3