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XKBCLI(1) General Commands Manual XKBCLI(1)

NAME

xkbcli — tool 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.

Print help and exit
Print the version and exit

COMMANDS

Compile an XKB keymap, see xkbcli-compile-keymap(1)
Compile a compose file, see xkbcli-compile-compose(1)
Show how to type a given Unicode codepoint, see xkbcli-how-to-type(1)
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 a XKB keymap from a Wayland or X11 compositor, see the corresponding entries hereinafter.
Dump a XKB keymap from a Wayland compositor, see xkbcli-dump-keymap-wayland(1)
Dump a XKB keymap from an X server, see xkbcli-dump-keymap-x11(1)
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 6.4.0-150700.53.19-default