xkbcli-interactive-evdev - interactive debugger for X Keyboard keymaps

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XKBCLI−INTERACTIVE−EVDEV(1) General Commands ManualXKBCLI−INTERACTIVE−EVDEV(1)

NAME

xkbcli−interactive−evdev — interactive debugger for X Keyboard keymaps

SYNOPSIS

xkbcli−interactive−evdev [options] [KEYMAP_PATH]

DESCRIPTION

xkbcli−interactive−evdev is a commandline tool to interactively debug XKB keymaps by listening to /dev/input/eventX evdev devices.

xkbcli−interactive−evdev requires permission to open the evdev device nodes. This usually requires being the “root” user or belonging to the “input” group.

Press the ⟨Escape⟩ key to exit.

This is a debugging tool, its behavior or output is not guaranteed to be stable.

KEYMAP_PATH

Path to a keymap file, or “−” to read the standard input

−−help

Print help and exit

−−verbose

Enable verbose debugging output

−−include PATH

Add the given path to the include path list. This option is order−dependent, include paths given first are searched first. If an include path is given, the default include path list is not used. Use −−include−defaults to add the default include paths.

−−include−defaults

Add the default set of include directories. This option is order-dependent, include paths given first are searched first.

−−format keymap_format

Specify the keymap format (numeric or label, e.g. “v1”)

−−rules rules

The XKB ruleset

−−model model

The XKB model

−−layout layout

The XKB layout

−−variant variant

The XKB layout variant

−−option options

The XKB options

−−enable−environment−names

Allow to set the default RMLVO values via the following environment variables:

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XKB_DEFAULT_RULES

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XKB_DEFAULT_MODEL

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XKB_DEFAULT_LAYOUT

−

XKB_DEFAULT_VARIANT

−

XKB_DEFAULT_OPTIONS

Note that this option may affect the default values of the previous options.

−−keymap file

Specify a keymap path. This option is mutually exclusive with the RMLVO options.

−−enable−compose

Enable Compose functionality

−−consumed−mode {xkb|gtk}

Set the consumed modifiers mode (default: xkb)

−−without−x11−offset

Don’t add an offset of 8 when converting an evdev keycode to an XKB keycode. You probably don’t want this option.

−−report−state−changes

Report changes to the keyboard state

−1, −−uniline

Enable uniline event output.

−−multiline

Enable multiline event output.

−−short

Print shorter event output.

SEE ALSO

xkbcli(1), xkbcli−interactive−wayland(1), xkbcli−interactive−x11(1), The libxkbcommon online documentation: https://xkbcommon.org GNU June 4, 2024 XKBCLI−INTERACTIVE−EVDEV(1)

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