mk_modmap (8)

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@(#)mk_modmap.8 2002-02-22 mckinstry@computer.org

(The comments found at the beginning of the groff file "man8/mk_modmap.8".)

NAME

mk_modmap - translate a Linux keytable file into an xmodmap file

SYNOPSIS

mk_modmap [ -v ] keymap_file

DESCRIPTION

The mk_modmap command tries to translate a Linux console keytable file into a file that can be parsed by xmodmap, and used within X. It outputs the results to standard out. If the -v flag is used, verbose output is given. It requires the X header files to be installed. (In Debian, these are in the "xlibs-dev" package).

NOTES

Since XFree version 2.1, X initialises its keymap using the Linux keymap, so xmodmap will often be superfluous.

SEE ALSO

dumpkeys(1), keymaps(5), xmodmap(1)