NAME
Keymon - Keyboard and mouse monitor window for GTK.
SYNOPSIS
key-mon [options]
OPTIONS
- -h, --help
-
show this help message and exit
- -s, --smaller
-
Make the dialog 25% smaller than normal.
- -l, --larger
-
Make the dialog 25% larger than normal.
- -m, --meta
-
Show the meta (windows) key.
- --nometa
-
Opposite of --meta
- --mouse
-
Show the mouse.
- --nomouse
-
Opposite of --mouse
- --shift
-
Show shift key.
- --noshift
-
Opposite of --shift
- --ctrl
-
Show the ctrl key.
- --noctrl
-
Opposite of --ctrl
- --alt
-
Show the alt key.
- --noalt
-
Opposite of --alt
- --scale=SCALE
-
Scale the dialog. ex. 2.0 is 2 times larger, 0.5 is half the size. Defaults to 1.0
- --key-timeout=KEY_TIMEOUT
-
Timeout before key returns to unpressed image. Defaults to 0.5
- --mouse-timeout=MOUSE_TIMEOUT
-
Timeout before mouse returns to unpressed image. Defaults to 0.2
- --visible-click-timeout=VISIBLE_CLICK_TIMEOUT
-
Timeout before highly visible click disappears. Defaults to 0.2
- --decorated
-
Show decoration
- --nodecorated
-
Opposite of --decorated
- --backgroundless
-
Show only buttons
- --nobackgroundless
-
Opposite of --backgroundless
- --no-press-fadeout=NO_PRESS_FADEOUT
-
Fadeout the window after a period with no key press. Defaults to 0.0 seconds (Experimental)
- --only_combo
-
Show only key combos (ex. Control-A)
- --noonly_combo
-
Opposite of --only_combo
- --sticky
-
Sticky mode
- --nosticky
-
Opposite of --sticky
- --visible_click
-
Show where you clicked
- --novisible_click
-
Opposite of --visible_click
- --follow_mouse
-
Show the mouse more visibly
- --nofollow_mouse
-
Opposite of --follow_mouse
- --kbdfile=KBD_FILE
-
Use this kbd filename.
- --swap
-
Swap the mouse buttons.
- --noswap
-
Opposite of --swap
- --emulate-middle
-
When you press the left, and right mouse buttons at the same time, it displays as a middle mouse button click.
- --noemulate-middle
-
Opposite of --emulate-middle
- -v, --version
-
Show version information and exit.
- -t THEME, --theme=THEME
-
The theme to use when drawing status images (ex. "-t apple").
- --list-themes
-
List available themes
- --old-keys=OLD_KEYS
-
How many historical keypresses to show (defaults to 0)
- --reset
-
Reset all options to their defaults.
- --opacity=OPACITY
-
Opacity of window
- --loglevel=LOGLEVEL
-
Logging level
- -d, --debug
-
Output debugging information. Shorthand for --loglevel=debug
- --screenshot=SCREENSHOT
-
Create a "screenshot.png" and exit. Pass a comma separated list of keys to simulate(ex. "KEY_A,KEY_LEFTCTRL").
DESCRIPTON
Keymon is a program to help in teaching or podcasting by showing the current status of the mouse buttons and keyboard.
Keymon creates a small, borderless window which always stays topmost and monitors the keystrokes and mouse buttons used at any time in any program.
Configuration files are saved in ~/.config/key-mon/.
AUTHOR
Written by Scott Kirkwood ([email protected])
SEE ALSO
Full documentation for keymon is available at
-
http://code.google.com/p/key-mon
Send bugs to
-
http://code.google.com/p/key-mon/issues/list