xkbctrl(1)

📦 version 5.0.2, in opensuse-leap 16.0

💅 xkbctrl(1) — Utils for X-Window

okay so first things first, bestie: this is the manual page for xkbctrl(1), straight out of the Utils for X-Window corner of the universe 🎀. She's a tiny little tool with a big job, and honestly? she ate. let's get into it 💖

✨ NAME ✨

xkbctrl — get X11 keyboard data according to console keyboard mapname 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

xkbctrl [ options ]

💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

so xkbctrl is literally the girl who goes and fetches your X11 keyboard configuration parameters for you, based on a console map name you hand her. that's it. that's the whole vibe 🫶

👑 COMMAND LINE OPTIONS 👑

the one and only argument here is the name of the console map — and yes, it is required, no cap 🙈. it's giving "mandatory main character".

and if that map doesn't exist? you don't get an error fit, you get an empty set of X11 variables printed out. like, silence. elegant. 💀

🔥 XKB KEYBOARD SPECIFICATION 🔥

okay this is the part where we list out every single thing she can tell you about, and ngl, it's a lot — but we are NOT skipping any of them, periodt ⭐

  • XkbLayout — the language dependent keyboard layout specification 🌈
  • XkbModel — the hardware keyboard type specification 💻
  • Protocol — the protocol used for communication 📡
  • XkbRules — the XKB rules file 📜
  • XkbOptions — special XKB options for key-remappings 🎀
  • MapName — the console map name 🗺️
  • XkbKeyCodes — the XKB keycodes file 🔑
  • LeftAlt — the behaviour of the left alt key ⬅️
  • RightAlt — the behaviour of the right alt key ➡️
  • ScrollLock — the behaviour of the scroll lock key 🔒
  • RightCtl — the behaviour of the right ctrl key 🎮
  • Apply — the apply string used for the xkbset call ✨

🧚 AUTHORS 🧚

written by Marcus Schäfer 🫶

🙈 REPORTING BUGS 🙈

found a bug? report it to <bugzilla.novell.com> — she wants to hear about it, fr fr 💌

Copyright © 2005 SuSE Linux Products GmbH, Inc.

this is free software; see the source for copying conditions. and listen: there is NO warranty — not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. like, none. zero. don't come for her if it breaks 😭

okay that's the whole page!! mwah 💋 and for the record, this diva of a doc is a 3rd Berkeley Distribution number dated March 15, 2005, filed under xkbctrl(1) — iconic then, iconic now 👑💅✨

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