XKBCLI−INTERACTIVE−EVDEV(1) General Commands ManualXKBCLI−INTERACTIVE−EVDEV(1)
NAME
xkbcli interactive−evdev — interactive debugger for XKB keymaps
SYNOPSIS
xkbcli interactive−evdev [options]
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.
−−help
Print help and exit
−−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.
−−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
−−keymap file
Specify a keymap path. This option is mutually exclusive with the RMLVO options.
−−short
Do not print layout nor Unicode keysym translation.
−−report−state−changes
Report changes to the keyboard state
−−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.
SEE ALSO
xkbcli(1), xkbcli−interactive−wayland(1), xkbcli−interactive−x11(1), The libxkbcommon online documentation: https://xkbcommon.org GNU July 27, 2020 XKBCLI−INTERACTIVE−EVDEV(1)