NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

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.

SEE ALSO

xkbcli(1), The libxkbcommon online documentation