<refentry id="keysym.element">
<?dbhtml filename="keysym.html"?>
<refentryinfo>
<pubdate>$Date$</pubdate>
<releaseinfo>$Revision$</releaseinfo>
</refentryinfo>

<refmeta>
<indexterm><primary>elements</primary>
<secondary>keysym</secondary></indexterm>
<refentrytitle>keysym</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo>Element</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>keysym</refname>
<refpurpose>&keysym.purpose;</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

&keysym.synopsis.gen;
<refsect1 condition='ref.description'><title>Description</title>

<para>
The <sgmltag>KeySym</sgmltag> identifies the symbolic name of a key on a 
computer keyboard. This is distinct from any scan code
that it may generate (<sgmltag>KeyCode</sgmltag>), or any symbolic name
(<sgmltag>KeySym</sgmltag>) that might exist for the key.
</para>

<refsect2><title>Processing expectations</title>
<para>
&format.inline;
</para>
</refsect2>


&keysym.parents.gen;
&keysym.children.gen;
</refsect1>
<refsect1 condition='ref.elem.seealso'><title>See Also</title>
&keysym.seealso.gen;
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Examples</title>

<informalexample role="example-source">
<programlisting>&keysym.example.1.txt;</programlisting>
</informalexample>

<anchor id="ex.os.keysym.1" role="HACK-ex.out.start"/>
&keysym.example.1.gen;
<anchor id="ex.oe.keysym.1" role="HACK-ex.out.end"/>

&keysym.example.seealso.gen;
</refsect1>
</refentry>

