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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.

Print help and exit
Print the version and exit

COMMANDS

Print information about libxkbcommon configuration
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 an XKB keymap from a Wayland or X11 compositor, see the corresponding entries hereinafter.
Dump an XKB keymap from a Wayland compositor, see xkbcli-dump-keymap-wayland(1)
Dump an 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 6.4.0-150700.53.73-default