---
name: "xrusmodmap"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "xruskb"
version: "1.15.3-3"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xrusmodmap"
---

# xrusmodmap(1)

version of xmodmap for use with xrus

## NAME

xrusmodmap - version of xmodmap for use with xrus

## SYNOPSIS

**xmodmap** \[-options ...\] \[filename\]

## DESCRIPTION

**xrusmodmap** is a modified version of xmodmap for use with **xrus**. The need for **xrusmodmap** arises because of: (1) standard [**xmodmap**(1)](/xmodmap/1.md) (XFree86-3.3.3 version) has a bug with realloc; and (2) standard [**xmodmap**(1)](/xmodmap/1.md) uses all columns of the keyboard map to find keycodes for the keysym. This causes trouble with Russian keyboard layouts.

This modification of **xmodmap** adds the option **-K**, which is used to specify the set of key map columns which are used to find keycodes from keysym. By default it uses two first columns.

## SEE ALSO

[xrus(1)](/xrus/1.md), [xmodmap(1)](/xmodmap/1.md)

## AUTHOR

**xrus** was written by Alexander V. Lukyanov \<lav@yars.free.net\>. This manual page was written by Brian Mays \<brian@debian.org\>.