xkbcli-how-to-type(1)

NAME

xkbcli-how-to-type – query how to type a given Unicode code point or keysym

SYNOPSIS

xkbcli-how-to-type [options] character/code point/keysym

DESCRIPTION

xkbcli-how-to-type prints the key combinations (keycode + modifiers) in the keymap’s layouts which would produce the given Unicode code point or keysym.

code point/keysym is either:

a single character (requires a terminal which uses UTF-8 character encoding);
a Unicode code point, interpreted as hexadecimal if prefixed with 0x or U+ else as decimal;
a keysym if either the previous interpretations failed or if --keysym is used. The parameter is then either a keysym name or a numeric value (hexadecimal if prefixed with 0x else decimal). Note that values 0 – 9 are special: they are both names and numeric values. The default interpretation is names; use the hexadecimal form 0x0 – 0x9 in order to interpret as numeric values.

EXAMPLES

xkbcli-how-to-type --layout us 97
xkbcli-how-to-type --layout us 0x61
xkbcli-how-to-type --layout us U+0061
xkbcli-how-to-type --layout us a: Print the key combinations that produce the letter “a”( decimal code point: 97, hexadecimal code point: 61) in the default us layout.
xkbcli-how-to-type --layout us --keysym 97
xkbcli-how-to-type --layout us --keysym 0x61
xkbcli-how-to-type --layout us --keysym a: Print the key combinations that produce the keysym “a”( decimal code: 97, hexadecimal code: 61) in the default us layout.

OPTIONS

--keysym: Treat the argument as only as a keysym
--disable-compose: Disable Compose support
--format keymap_format: Specify the keymap format (numeric or label, e.g. “v1”)
--keymap [= PATH]: Load the XKB keymap from a file, ignore RMLVO options. If PATH is empty or “-”, read the stdin.
--rules rules: The XKB ruleset
--model model: The XKB model
--layout layout: The XKB layout
--variant variant: The XKB layout variant
--options options: The XKB options
--enable-environment-names: Allow to set the default RMLVO values via the following environment variables:

XKB_DEFAULT_RULES

XKB_DEFAULT_MODEL

XKB_DEFAULT_LAYOUT

XKB_DEFAULT_VARIANT

XKB_DEFAULT_OPTIONS

Note that this option may affect the default values of the previous options.
--verbose: Enable verbose debugging output
--help: Print a help message and exit.