xkbcli(1)

XKBCLI(1) General Commands Manual XKBCLI(1)

NAME

xkbclitool 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
Print help and exit
--version
Print the version and exit

COMMANDS

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
Interactive debugger for XKB keymaps for X11, see xkbcli-interactive-x11(1)
dump-keymap
Dump a XKB keymap from a Wayland or X11 compositor, see the corresponding entries hereinafter.
dump-keymap-wayland
Dump a XKB keymap from a Wayland compositor, see xkbcli-dump-keymap-wayland(1)
dump-keymap-x11
Dump a 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

June 4, 2024 Linux 6.12.85-6.12-alt1