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They used to be in /usr/lib/X11/XKeysymDB or /usr/share/X11/XKeysymDB, but those have been missing from Ubuntu for a while. I've tried google, but all I get are more references to XKeysymDB or the outputs of different people's xmodmap -pke. Where is the concise list?

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Probably the best up-to-date values for key symbol definitions is to look at the source-code.

Basically its just a list of keysym names with their associated codes.

sudo apt-get install x11proto-core-dev

Two key keyfiles in /usr/include/X11:

The main definition file: keysymdef.h Vendor specific (i.e. debian/ubuntu): XF86keysym.h

There are a number of other header files in the same folder you can also examine.

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Cheers, but I can't see XF86Bluetooth or XF86WLAN etc, so is there another header too? – Dave E Jan 8 '12 at 11:46
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... updated - bluetooth/wlan is in XF86... – fossfreedom♦ Jan 8 '12 at 12:04
Bingo! Thanks. Oops though, I didn't mean to vote that as a 'great comment'. – Dave E Jan 8 '12 at 12:20

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