NAME¶

xkbcli-compile-keymap — compile an X Keyboard keymap

SYNOPSIS¶

DESCRIPTION¶

xkbcli-compile-keymap compiles and prints a keymap based on the given options.

KEYMAP_PATH

Path to a keymap file, or “-” to read the standard input

--help

Print help and exit

--verbose

Enable verbose debugging output

--test

Test compilation but do not print the keymap

--rmlvo

Print the full RMLVO with the defaults filled in for missing elements in YAML format

--kccgst

Print a keymap which only includes the KcCGST component names instead of the full keymap

--kccgst-yaml

Print the KcCGST component names in YAML format.

--modmaps

Print real and virtual key modmaps and modifiers encodings in YAML format.

--include PATH

Add the given path to the include path list. This option is order-dependent, include paths given first are searched first. If an include path is given, the default include path list is not used. Use --include-defaults to add the default include paths.

--include-defaults

Add the default set of include directories. This option is order-dependent, include paths given first are searched first.

--input-format keymap_format

The keymap format (numeric or label, e.g. “v1”) for parsing

--output-format keymap_format

The keymap format (numeric or label, e.g. “v1”) for serializing

--format keymap_format

The keymap format (numeric or label, e.g. “v1”) for both parsing and serializing

--no-pretty

Disable pretty-printing for keymap serialization.

--drop-unused

Disable unused bits serialization.

--keymap [PATH], --from-xkb [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.

SEE ALSO¶

xkbcli(1), The libxkbcommon online documentation