ckbcomp
compile a XKB keyboard description to a keymap suitable for loadkeys
see also :
xkbcomp
Synopsis
ckbcomp
[option ...] [layout [variant [option ...]]]
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description
The
ckbcomp keymap compiler converts a description of an
XKB keymap into a console keymap that can be read directly
by loadkeys.
options
-?,
-help
Print a usage message and
exit.
-charmap
charmap
The encoding to use. There
should be an unicode ACM map for this encoding in
/usr/share/consoletrans.
-Idir
Search top-level directory dir for files included
by the keymap description. This option may be used multiple
times. After all directories specified by -I
options have been searched,
/etc/console-setup/ckb,
/usr/share/X11/xkb, /etc/X11/xkb and
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb will be searched too.
-v level
Set level of detail for
listing. level is a number from 1 to 10.
-compact
Generate a compact keymap with
at most two xkb groups and two levels in each or only one
xkb-group and up to four levels.
xkb keyboard description
The keyboard layout, variant and options components can be also
specified directly on the command line. See the synopsis of the
command.
-symbols name
Specifies the symbols component name of the XKB keyboard
description.
-keycodes name
Specifies the keycodes component name of the XKB keyboard
description.
-rules name
The name of the rules file to use.
-model name
Specifies the keyboard model used to choose the component names.
-layout name
Specifies the layout used to choose the component names.
-variant name
Specifies the layout variant used to choose the component names.
-option name
Adds an option used to choose component names.
see also
xkbcomp
author
Anton Zinoviev
<anton[:at:]lml.bas[:dot:]bg>, <zinoviev[:at:]debian[:dot:]org>