NUMLOCKX(1)

📦 version 1.2, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ NUMLOCKX ✨

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and let me tell you about numlockx — it's a whole little program whose entire job is controlling the state of your NumLock key. yes, that key. the one that decides whether your numpad types numbers or does parkour across the cursor. she's small, she's focused, she's iconic 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

numlockx — control the state of NumLock 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

numlockx [on|off|toggle|status]

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so real talk: numlockx is a program made to control the NumLock key inside X11 session scripts. that's it. that's the whole gig. no cap, she does one thing and she does it slay 💅✨

if you've ever booted into your session and been personally victimised by NumLock being off when you needed it on (or the reverse, the betrayal goes both ways 😭), this is your girl.

👑 OPTIONS 👑

  • on — turn NumLock on ✨ light it up, bestie, the numbers are numbering
  • off — turn NumLock off 💀 okay the numbers have left the chat
  • toggle — toggle NumLock to the opposite status 🔄 flip it, reverse it, main character energy
  • status — gets the NumLock status 🕵️ she will simply tell you what's up
  • --help — display help 🫶 a little hand-holding, we love to see it

💜 AUTHOR 💜

this manual page was written by Chris Jones <chris@black-sun.co.uk> and Michal Cihar <nijel@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). legends, fr fr 🙌

and that's the whole page, bestie 🎀 this one's from X Version 11, dated March 01, 2003 — vintage but still serving, and yes the NumLock discourse has been going since then. mwah 💖✨🦋

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