mate-keyboard-properties(1)

💖 mate-keyboard-properties(1) — the girlies' guide to keyboard vibes 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the General Commands Manual for mate-keyboard-properties, section 1, no cap. this is THE page. sit down, grab a strawberry, let's get into it 🍓

✨ NAME ✨

mate-keyboard-properties — manage keyboard behaviour in MATE. yes queen, it's literally the keyboard behaviour manager. that's the whole job. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

mate-keyboard-properties [OPTIONS...]

that's it. that's the whole summoning ritual. options go in the brackets, the brackets are optional, we love a low-effort invocation. 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this executable is part of the package mate-control-center: The MATE Control Center. it's one little icon in a big gorgeous family of settings apps, and honestly? iconic.

Keyboard Preferences manages all the settings related to the keyboard in a MATE environment. all of them. every last one. and that includes:

• key repeat delay 🔁
• cursor blinking 👀
• layouts and layout options 🗺️

and here's the part that's giving main character energy: you can also configure a typing break, which locks the screen and enforces a break from work. yes. the computer will literally make you go touch grass. we love a wellness app that actually commits. 🌱✨

💅 OPTIONS 💅

here come the flags, bestie. one bullet each, no skipping, no summarising, because we don't do that here.

• --apply — just apply the settings and quit. that's the whole thing. note that it's compatibility only; this is now handled by daemon. so it still works, it's just doing the vintage thing. 🙈
• --init-session-settings — just apply the settings and quit. yep, same energy as above. also compatibility only; also now handled by daemon. twins fr fr. 😭
• --get-legacy — retrieve and store legacy settings. it goes and fetches the old-school stuff and tucks it away safely. archival queen behaviour. 📦
• --typing-break — start the page with the typing break settings showing. so it opens right on the go-take-a-break panel instead of making you hunt for it. so thoughtful. 🎀

also! this program accepts the standard MATE and GTK options too. so if you were looking for your usual GTK faves, they're welcome here, they're part of the family. 🫶

👑 AUTHORS 👑

this manual page was written by Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de> for the Debian project (but may be used by others). shoutout to Mike, the original author, the blueprint, the moment. 🎀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go check these out too, they're the extended universe:

• mate-control-center(1)
• gtk-options(7)

⭐ little reminder: this page is part of the MATE docs, dated 2014-05-02, and it's the mate-keyboard-properties(1) page we've been giggling over this whole time. mwah, love u, go take a typing break 💖🧚✨