xkeyboard-config - XKB data description files

NAME DESCRIPTION XKB DATA FILES LOAD PATHS THE CUSTOM LAYOUT MODELS LAYOUTS OPTIONS Switching to another layout Key to choose the 2nd level Key to choose the 3rd level Ctrl position Use keyboard LED to show alternative layout Use keyboard LED to indicate modifiers Layout of numeric keypad Numeric keypad Delete behavior Caps Lock behavior Alt and Win behavior Position of Compose key Compatibility options Currency signs Key to choose the 5th level Non-breaking space input Japanese keyboard options Korean Hangul/Hanja keys Esperanto letters with superscripts Old Solaris keycodes compatibility Key sequence to kill the X server Miscellaneous options FILES SEE ALSO

NAME

xkeyboard-config − XKB data description files

xkeyboard-config provides the description files for the X Keyboard Extension (XKB) and for libxkbcommon. Typically it is the task of the desktop environment to apply the requested configuration. Users running an X server can also use the setxkbmap(1) tool to apply keyboard configuration at runtime or configure XKB settings in the xorg.conf(5).

XKB DATA FILES LOAD PATHS

xkeyboard-config provides the XKB data files installed in /usr/share/X11/xkb. User-specific data files may be elsewhere but it depends on the tool whether those files are loaded. For example, the libxkbcommon library will by default load XKB data files from the user’s home directory. See the libxkbcommon documentation for details.

THE CUSTOM LAYOUT

The "custom" layout is a layout that is listed as available to tools reading the data files but is not actually provided by xkeyboard-config. A user may save a layout specification in the /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/custom file and that layout will be available to most tools interacting with the xkeyboard-config data files. This is primarily aimed at systems running X where additional lookup paths cannot easily be added.

Because the "custom" layout is merely listed as available but not provided by xkeyboard-config, the layout will not be overwritten on updates.

MODELS

LAYOUTS

OPTIONS

Switching to another layout

Key to choose the 2nd level

Key to choose the 3rd level

Ctrl position

Use keyboard LED to show alternative layout

Use keyboard LED to indicate modifiers

Layout of numeric keypad

Numeric keypad Delete behavior

Caps Lock behavior

Alt and Win behavior

Position of Compose key

Compatibility options

Currency signs

Key to choose the 5th level

Non-breaking space input

Japanese keyboard options

Korean Hangul/Hanja keys

Esperanto letters with superscripts