kxkb

NAME

kxkb - A utility to switch keyboard maps

SYNOPSIS

kxkb [Qt-options] [KDE-options]

DESCRIPTION

Kxkb is a keyboard layout switching utility based on X11 xkb extension. It allows to use different keyboard layouts for inputing text. Kxkb features keyboard layout indicator. Kxkb starts automatically and stays in system tray as a flag with 2 or 3 letter abbreviation of layout name on top of it if more than one layout is defined or Show indicator for single layout option is turned on. When Kxkb is running you can change layouts clicking on its tray icon with the mouse or pressing its keyboard shortcut. Keyboard shortcut or mouse click will switch to next layout or alternatively you can right mouse button click the Kxkb icon and select layout from the list. Right mouse button clicking on the Kxkb icon you can start its configuration by selecting Configure... or by opening Control Center and selecting Localization/Keyboard Layout. Alternatively, you can start it by typing kcmshell keyboard_layout in a terminal.

OPTIONS

Generic options:

--help
Show help about options
--help-qt
Show Qt specific options
--help-kde
Show KDE specific options
--help-all
Show all options
--author
Show author information
-v, --version
Show version information
--license
Show license information
--
End of options

Qt options:

--display <displayname>
Use the X-server display 'displayname'
--session <sessionId>
Restore the application for the given 'sessionId'
--cmap
Causes the application to install a private color map on an 8-bit display
--ncols <count>
Limits the number of colors allocated in the color cube on an 8-bit display, if the application is using the QApplication::ManyColor color specification
--nograb
tells Qt to never grab the mouse or the keyboard
--dograb
running under a debugger can cause an implicit -nograb, use -dograb to override
--sync
switches to synchronous mode for debugging
--fn, --font <fontname>
defines the application font
--bg, --background <color>
sets the default background color and an application palette (light and dark shades are calculated)
--fg, --foreground <color>
sets the default foreground color
--btn, --button <color>
sets the default button color
--name <name>
sets the application name
--title <title>
sets the application title (caption)
--visual TrueColor
forces the application to use a TrueColor visual on an 8-bit display
--inputstyle <inputstyle>
sets XIM (X Input Method) input style. Possible values are onthespot, overthespot, offthespot and root
--im <XIM server>
set XIM server
--noxim
disable XIM
--reverse
mirrors the whole layout of widgets

KDE options:

--caption <caption>
Use 'caption' as name in the titlebar
--icon <icon>
Use 'icon' as the application icon
--miniicon <icon>
Use 'icon' as the icon in the titlebar
--config <filename>
Use alternative configuration file
--dcopserver <server>
Use the DCOP Server specified by 'server'
--nocrashhandler
Disable crash handler, to get core dumps
--waitforwm
Waits for a WM_NET compatible windowmanager
--style <style>
sets the application GUI style
--geometry <geometry>
sets the client geometry of the main widget - see man X for the argument format
--nofork
Don't run in the background.

SEE ALSO

Full user documentation is available through the KDE Help Center. You can also enter the URL R help:/kxkb/ directly into konqueror or you can run R khelpcenter help:/kxkb/ from the command-line.

AUTHORS

Andriy Rysin <rysin@kde.org>

Shaheed Haque <srhaque@iee.org>
Ilya Konstantinov <kde-devel@future.galanet.net>

Please use http://bugs.kde.org to report bugs; do not mail the authors directly.
This manual page was written by Holger Hartmann <Holger_Hartmann@gmx.de> for the Debian Project, but may be used by others. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
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