onboard(1)

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version 1.4.4.3 · 2 versions
, in alpine 3.24, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ onboard(1) — the X11 application glow-up ✨

okay bestie, gather round, because this is the manual page for onboard, and it lives in the X11 application corner of your system. no cap, she's iconic. 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

onboard — On-screen Keyboard

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

onboard [ options ]

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so like, onboard is an on-screen keyboard, and she is genuinely useful for tablet PC users, and also for mobility impaired people. main character energy for accessibility, fr fr. 🫶

and she's not just a keyboard — onboard supports macros, easy layout creation, and word suggestion. obsessed. ✨

👑 OPTIONS 👑

onboard accepts the following command-line options, and yes we are going through every single one because every single one matters:

  • -h, --help — Display a help with all available command line options and exit. she tells you everything then dips. queen behavior. 💅
  • -l <LAYOUT>, --layout=<LAYOUT> — Layout file (.onboard) or name
  • -t <THEME>, --theme=<THEME> — Theme file (.theme) or name
  • -x <X> — Window x position
  • -y <Y> — Window y position
  • -s <SIZE>, --size=<SIZE> — Window size, widthxheight
  • -e, --xid — Start in XEmbed mode, e.g. for gnome-screensaver
  • -a, --keep-aspect — Keep aspect ratio when resizing the window
  • -d <DEBUG>, --debug=<DEBUG> — <DEBUG>={notset|debug|info|warning|error|critical}
  • -m, --allow-multiple-instances — Allow multiple Onboard instances
  • -q <QUIRKS>, --quirks=<QUIRKS> — Override auto-detection and manually select quirks QUIRKS={metacity|compiz|mutter}
  • --not-show-in=<DESKTOPS> — Silently fail to start in the given desktop environments. <DESKTOPS> is a comma-separated list of XDG desktop names, e.g. GNOME for GNOME Shell.
  • -g, --log-learning — log all learned text; off by default
ngl bestie, that --not-show-in one is doing the most — she just quietly refuses to show up in certain desktops. ghosting, but make it configurable. 💀

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

/usr/share/doc/onboard

🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

This manual has been written by Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerk-team.de> by using the options from Config.py (see COPYING file for authors of options). It is distributed under the GPL-3+ license. 💜

okay and for the cute sign-off: this whole thing is Version 1.4.0, dated Aug 2016, and it's the onboard(1) page — so if you were wondering when this baddie was last updated, now you know. 🎀✨ bye bestie, go touch some keyboard keys 🫶

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