INPUTLEAPS(1)

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💖 INPUTLEAPS — bestie edition 💖

okay so you found the manual for input-leap, aka the InputLeap Keyboard/Mouse Server. yes THE one. the manual page name is INPUTLEAPS(1) if you're keeping receipts, and it lives in the User Commands section. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, we're doing this together.

✨ NAME ✨

input-leap — the InputLeap Keyboard/Mouse Server. that's it. that's the whole name section. iconic of it honestly.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

input-leap [--address <address>] [--config <pathname>] [--display
<display>] [--daemon|--no-daemon] [--name <screen-name>]
[--restart|--no-restart] [--debug <level>]

look at her. so many brackets. so many little options. she's serving configurable 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Start the InputLeap server component. that's the vibe. you're booting up the server side, the main character, the one holding the keyboard and mouse for everybody else. 👑

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

no cap, there are a LOT of these. we're going through every single one. nobody gets left behind. 🫶

  • -a, --address <address> — listen for clients on the address you give her. that's the whole job.
  • -c, --config <pathname> — use the configuration file at this path instead of the usual suspects. your config, your rules. ✨
  • -d, --debug <level> — filters out log messages with a priority below the level you pick. so like, only the dramatic stuff makes it through. the level can be: FATAL, ERROR, WARNING, NOTE, INFO, DEBUG, DEBUG1, DEBUG2. yeah there's genuinely eight of them, go off.
  • -n, --name <screen-name> — use screen-name instead of the hostname to identify this screen in the configuration. basically a glow-up name tag for your machine. 💖
  • -1, --no-restart — do not try to restart on failure. if she falls, she stays fallen. 💀
  • --restart — restart the server automatically if it fails. (*) — the little star means it's a default, bestie, keep reading.
  • -l, --log <file> — write log messages to file. receipts, archived. 📝
  • --no-tray — disable the system tray icon. bye bye little icon.
  • --enable-drag-drop — enable file drag & drop. drag her, drop her. 🦋
  • --enable-crypto — enable the crypto (ssl) plugin. lock it down, queen. 🔒
  • --display <display> — connect to the X server at <display>.
  • --screen-change-script <path> — full path to the script to run on screen change. the first argument is the new screen name. automation girlies rise. 🧚
  • -f, --no-daemon — run in the foreground. she stays right there where you can see her.
  • --daemon — run as a daemon. (*) — background mode, mysterious, off doing her own thing. 💅
  • -h, --help — display this help and exit. the classic. always there for you.
  • --version — display version information and exit. who is she? what era is she in?
Default options are marked with a * — so --restart and --daemon are the ones that come pre-loaded unless you say otherwise. periodt.

🌈 the --address tea 🌈

The argument for --address is of the form: [<hostname>][:<port>].

  • The hostname must be the address or hostname of an interface on the system. like, a real one that actually exists. don't be making things up. 🙈
  • Placing brackets around an IPv6 address is required when you're also specifying a port number, and optional otherwise.
  • The default is to listen on all interfaces using port number 24800. so if you don't say anything, she's open to everyone on 24800. very generous of her fr fr.

💜 FILES 💜

If no configuration file pathname is provided, then the first of these that loads successfully sets the configuration:

$HOME/.config/InputLeap/input-leap.conf
/etc/input-leap.conf

so she checks your home one first, and if that doesn't work out she goes looking in /etc. first one to show up wins. 👑

  • Copyright © 2018 Debauchee Open Source Group
  • Copyright © 2012-2016 Symless Ltd.
  • Copyright © 2008-2014 Nick Bolton
  • Copyright © 2002-2014 Chris Schoeneman

give them their flowers, they built this. 🌸

and that's the whole page, bestie! this was input-leap version 3.0.3-release, from June 2025, and you just read the INPUTLEAPS(1) manual front to back. ate. no crumbs. go run your server, you absolute icon 💖✨🦋

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