Man page 1 : ckbcomp

ckbcomp - compile a XKB keyboard description to a keymap suitable for loadkeys

ckbcomp [ option  ...]  [layout  [variant  [option  ...]]]

The

ckbcomp keymap compiler converts a description of an XKB keymap into a console keymap that can be read directly by loadkeys.

-?\fR, \fP-help

    Print a usage message and exit.

-charmap  charmap

    The encoding to use. There should be an unicode ACM map for this encoding in /usr/share/consoletrans .

• -I dir
      Search top-level directory dirfor files included by the keymap description. This option may be used multiple times. After all directories specified by

-I options have been searched, /etc/console-setup/ckb , /usr/share/X11/xkb , /etc/X11/xkb and /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb will be searched too.

• -v  level
      Set level of detail for listing. levelis a number from 1 to 10.
• -compact
      Generate a compact keymap with at most two xkb groups and two levels in each or only one xkb-group and up to four levels.

The keyboard layout, variant and options components can be also specified directly on the command line. See the synopsis of the command.

• -symbols  name
      Specifies the symbols component name of the XKB keyboard description.
• -keycodes  name
      Specifies the keycodes component name of the XKB keyboard description.
• -rules  name
      The name of the rules file to use.
• -model  name
      Specifies the keyboard model used to choose the component names.
• -layout  name
      Specifies the layout used to choose the component names.
• -variant  name
      Specifies the layout variant used to choose the component names.
• -option  name
      Adds an option used to choose component names.

R xkbcomp (1)

Anton Zinoviev <>, <>