Reference

xkbcli-compile-compose(1)

compile an X Keyboard Compose file

NAME

xkbcli-compile-compose – compile an X Keyboard Compose file

SYNOPSIS

xkbcli-compile-compose [options] [COMPOSE_FILE]

DESCRIPTION

xkbcli-compile-compose compile and print a Compose file based on the given options

COMPOSE_FILE

Path to the compose file to load, or “-” to read the standard input

--help

Print help and exit

--verbose

Enable verbose debugging output

--file FILE

Specify a Compose file to load, or “-” to read the standard input.

DEPRECATED: add the file path without the flag.

--locale LOCALE

Specify the locale directly, instead of relying on the environment variables LC_ALL, LC_TYPE and LANG.

--test

Test compilation but do not print the Compose file

SEE ALSO

xkbcli(1), Compose(5), The libxkbcommon online documentation: https://xkbcommon.org

History

--test since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --verbose since Arch Linux 2026-11-01.