feat(linux): mcompile exchange GdkKeymap as it is deprecated in GTK 4 🐘
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At the moment we use GdkKeymap in mcompile for Linux but GdkKeymap is [deprecated in GTK 4](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/blob/main/docs/reference/gtk/migrating-3to4.md#adapt-to-gdkkeymap-api-changes). Therefore it it preferable we wouldn't use it.
One possible solution that would work with X11 as well as Wayland would be something along the lines of the implementation of [gdk_wayland_keymap_get_entries_for_keycode](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/blob/main/gdk/wayland/gdkkeymap-wayland.c#L173).
[xkb_keymap_new_from_names](https://xkbcommon.org/doc/0.2.0/group__keymap.html#ga502717aa7148fd17d4970896f1e9e06f) returns a struct xkb_keymap pointer. [xkb_keymap_key_get_syms_by_level](https://xkbcommon.org/doc/0.2.0/group__components.html#gad92b9334170316926595fbb5d634a181) then allows to get the keyvals for a given keycode.
see #3345
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