xkbcomp - compile XKB keyboard description
xkbcomp [option] source [ destination ]
The
xkbcomp keymap compiler converts a description of an XKB keymap into
one of several output formats. The most common use for xkbcomp is to create a
compiled keymap file (.xkm extension) which can be read directly by
XKB-capable X servers or utilities. The keymap compiler can also produce C
header files or XKB source files. The C header files produced by xkbcomp can
be included by X servers or utilities that need a built-in default keymap. The
XKB source files produced by
xkbcomp are fully resolved and can be used
to verify that the files which typically make up an XKB keymap are merged
correctly or to create a single file which contains a complete description of
the keymap.
The
source may specify an X display, or an
.xkb or
.xkm
file; unless explicitly specified, the format of
destination depends on
the format of the source. Compiling a
.xkb (keymap source) file
generates a
.xkm (compiled keymap file) by default. If the source is a
.xkm file or an X display,
xkbcomp generates a keymap source
file by default.
If the
destination is an X display, the keymap for the display is updated
with the compiled keymap.
The name of the
destination is usually computed from the name of the
source, with the extension replaced as appropriate. When compiling a single
map from a file which contains several maps,
xkbcomp constructs the
destination file name by appending an appropriate extension to the name of the
map to be used.
- -a
- Show all keyboard information, reporting implicit or
derived information as a comment. Only affects .xkb format
output.
- -C
- Produce a C header file as output (.h extension).
- -dflts
- Compute defaults for any missing components, such as key
names.
- -em1 msg
- Print msg before printing first error message.
- -emp msg
- Print msg at the start of each message line.
- -eml msg
- If there were any errors, print msg before
exiting.
- -help, -?
- Show available options.
- -Idir
- Specifies top-level directories to be searched for files
included by the keymap description. After all directories specified by -I
options have been searched, the current directory and finally, the default
xkb directory /usr/share/X11/xkb will be searched.
To prevent the current and default directories from being searched, use the
-I option alone (i.e. without a directory), before any -I options that
specify the directories you do want searched.
- -i deviceid
- If source or destination is a valid X
display, load the keymap from/into the device with the specified ID (not
name).
- -l
- List maps that specify the map pattern in any files
listed on the command line (not implemented yet).
- -m name
- Specifies a map to be compiled from an file with multiple
entries.
- -merge
- Merge the compiled information with the map from the server
(not implemented yet).
- -o name
- Specifies a name for the generated output file. The default
is the name of the source file with an appropriate extension for the
output format.
- -opt parts
- Specifies a list of optional parts. Compilation errors in
any optional parts are not fatal. Parts may consist of any combination of
the letters c, g,k,s,t which specify
the compatibility map, geometry, keycodes, symbols and types,
respectively.
- -Rdir
- Specifies the root directory for relative path names.
- -synch
- Force synchronization for X requests.
- -version
- Print version number.
- -w lvl
- Controls the reporting of warnings during compilation. A
warning level of 0 disables all warnings; a warning level of 10 enables
them all.
- -xkb
- Generate a source description of the keyboard as output
(.xkb extension).
- -xkm
- Generate a compiled keymap file as output (.xkm
extension).
X(7)
Copyright 1994, Silicon Graphics Computer Systems and X Consortium, Inc.
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Erik Fortune, Silicon Graphics