xkbcli-interactive-x111
Interactive debugger for x keyboard keymaps
Usage
xkbcli-interactive-x11 [options]
Overview
xkbcli-interactive-x11 is a commandline tool to interactively debug XKB keymaps by listening to X11 events.
This requires an X server to be running.
Press the ⟨Escape⟩ key to exit.
This is a debugging tool, its behavior or output is not guaranteed to be stable.
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--help -
Print help and exit
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--local-state -
Enable local state handling and ignore modifiers/layouts state updates from the X11 server.
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--keymap [PATH] -
Load the XKB keymap from a file instead of the keymap from the compositor. It implies
--local-state. If PATH is empty or “-”, read the stdin. -
--format keymap_format -
Specify the keymap format (numeric or label, e.g. “v1”)
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--enable-compose -
Enable Compose functionality
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--verbose -
Enable verbose debugging output
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-1, --uniline -
Enable uniline event output
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--multiline -
Enable multiline event output
Releases
4 releases since Debian 11 (Bullseye); the text changed 2 times.
--enable-compose since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--format since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--keymap since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--local-state since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--multiline since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--uniline since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--verbose since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
-1 since Arch Linux 2026-11-01.