XKBCLI-HOW-TO-TYPE(1) User Commands XKBCLI-HOW-TO-TYPE(1)

NAME

xkbcli-how-to-type - query how to type a given Unicode code point or
keysym

SYNOPSIS

xkbcli-how-to-type [options] character/code point/keysym

DESCRIPTION

xkbcli-how-to-type prints the key combinations (keycode + modifiers) in
the keymap's layouts which would produce the given Unicode code point
or keysym.

code point/keysym is either:
+o a single character (requires a terminal which uses UTF-8 character
encoding);
+o a Unicode code point, interpreted as hexadecimal if prefixed with
0x or U+ else as decimal;
+o a keysym if either the previous interpretations failed or if
--keysym is used. The parameter is then either a keysym name or a
numeric value (hexadecimal if prefixed with 0x else decimal). Note
that values 0 - 9 are special: they are both names and numeric
values. The default interpretation is names; use the hexadecimal
form 0x0 - 0x9 in order to interpret as numeric values.

EXAMPLES

xkbcli-how-to-type --layout us 97

xkbcli-how-to-type --layout us 0x61

xkbcli-how-to-type --layout us U+0061

xkbcli-how-to-type --layout us a
Print the key combinations that produce the letter "a" (decimal
code point: 97, hexadecimal code point: 61) in the default us
layout.

xkbcli-how-to-type --layout us --keysym 97

xkbcli-how-to-type --layout us --keysym 0x61

xkbcli-how-to-type --layout us --keysym a
Print the key combinations that produce the keysym "a" (decimal
code: 97, hexadecimal code: 61) in the default us layout.

OPTIONS

--keysym
Treat the argument as only as a keysym

--disable-compose
Disable Compose support

--format keymap_format
Specify the keymap format (numeric or label, e.g. "v1")

--keymap [= PATH]
Load the XKB keymap from a file, ignore RMLVO options. If PATH
is empty or "-", read the stdin.

--rules rules
The XKB ruleset

--model model
The XKB model

--layout layout
The XKB layout

--variant variant
The XKB layout variant

--options options
The XKB options

--enable-environment-names
Allow to set the default RMLVO values via the following
environment variables:
- XKB_DEFAULT_RULES
- XKB_DEFAULT_MODEL
- XKB_DEFAULT_LAYOUT
- XKB_DEFAULT_VARIANT
- XKB_DEFAULT_OPTIONS
Note that this option may affect the default values of the
previous options.

--verbose
Enable verbose debugging output

--help Print a help message and exit.

SEE ALSO

xkbcli(1), The libxkbcommon online documentation: https://xkbcommon.org

illumos September 11, 2024 illumos