using GetKeyState(VK_CAPITAL) & 1 in linux

Question

#include 

int main() {
if ( !GetKeyState(VK_CAPITAL) & 1 ) {
printf(\"caps off\");
}
else
printf(\"caps on\");
return 0;
}

bu

Answer 1

For the most common case of an X11-based desktop:

#include 
#include 

int main() {
    Display * d = XOpenDisplay((char*)0);

    if (d) {
        unsigned n;

        XkbGetIndicatorState(d, XkbUseCoreKbd, &n);

        printf((n & 1)?"caps on\n":"caps off\n");
    }
}

Make sure you have the X11 development headers and compile with:

$ gcc -lX11 test.c -o test

Run it from a console window in your desktop:

$ ./test
caps off
$ ./test
caps on