NAME
xkbcli – tool to interact with X Keyboard keymaps
SYNOPSIS
xkbcli command [arguments]
xkbcli [--help | --version]
DESCRIPTION
xkbcli is a commandline tool to query, compile and test XKB keymaps, layouts and other elements.
- --help
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Print help and exit
- --version
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Print the version and exit
COMMANDS
- info
-
Print information about libxkbcommon configuration
- compile-keymap
-
Compile an XKB keymap, see xkbcli-compile-keymap(1)
- compile-compose
-
Compile a compose file, see xkbcli-compile-compose(1)
- how-to-type
-
Show how to type a given Unicode codepoint, see xkbcli-how-to-type(1)
- interactive
-
Interactive debugger for XKB keymaps that automatically select from the following backends, if available: Wayland, X11 and evdev. See the corresponding entries hereinafter.
- interactive-evdev
-
Interactive debugger for XKB keymaps for evdev, see xkbcli-interactive-evdev(1)
- interactive-wayland
-
Interactive debugger for XKB keymaps for Wayland, see xkbcli-interactive-wayland(1)
- interactive-x11
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Interactive debugger for XKB keymaps for X11, see xkbcli-interactive-x11(1)
- dump-keymap
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Dump an XKB keymap from a Wayland or X11 compositor, see the corresponding entries hereinafter.
- dump-keymap-wayland
-
Dump an XKB keymap from a Wayland compositor, see xkbcli-dump-keymap-wayland(1)
- dump-keymap-x11
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Dump an XKB keymap from an X server, see xkbcli-dump-keymap-x11(1)
- list
-
List available layouts and more, see xkbcli-list(1)
Note that not all tools may be available on your system.
EXIT STATUS
- 0
-
exited successfully
- 1
-
an error occured
- 2
-
program was called with invalid arguments
SEE ALSO
The libxkbcommon online documentation: https://xkbcommon.org