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xmakemap (1)

Name

xmakemap - make a keyboard mapping to be used as input to xmodmap

Synopsis

xmakemap

Description

xmakemap(1)                 General Commands Manual                xmakemap(1)



NAME
       xmakemap - make a keyboard mapping to be used as input to xmodmap

SYNOPSIS
       xmakemap

DESCRIPTION
       xmakemap  will produce a keyboard mapping in a form that is suitable as
       input to the xmodmap(1) command.  xmakemap writes its output to stdout.
       Typical usage of xmakemap is to redirect output from xmakemap to a file
       (e.g., $HOME/.xmodmaprc), edit this file to make  necessary  customiza-
       tions, and then run xmodmap on the file (i.e., $HOME/.xmodmaprc).

       For example:

              xmakemap > $HOME/.xmodmaprc
              [... make necessary customization to $HOME/.xmodmaprc ...]
              xmodmap $HOME/.xmodmaprc

       If you would like your keytable to be customized each time you start an
       X session, you should place the  appropriate  command  in  the  session
       startup file for your desktop environment.

       For example:

              if [ -f $HOME/.xmodmaprc ]; then
                  xmodmap $HOME/.xmodmaprc
              fi

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+--------------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |     ATTRIBUTE VALUE      |
       +---------------+--------------------------+
       |Availability   | x11/x11-server-utilities |
       +---------------+--------------------------+
       |Stability      | Volatile                 |
       +---------------+--------------------------+

NOTES
       An X server must be running to use xmakemap.
       Read "Notes" in $HOME/.xmodmaprc.

       Source  code  for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This     software     was    built    from    source    available    at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.   The  original   community
       source   was   downloaded  from   ['https://www.x.org/releases/individ-
       ual/app/xhost-1.0.8.tar.bz2',      'https://www.x.org/releases/individ-
       ual/app/xrefresh-1.0.6.tar.bz2',   'https://www.x.org/releases/individ-
       ual/app/xinput-1.6.3.tar.bz2',     'https://www.x.org/releases/individ-
       ual/app/rgb-1.0.6.tar.bz2',        'https://www.x.org/releases/individ-
       ual/app/xset-1.2.4.tar.bz2',       'https://www.x.org/releases/individ-
       ual/app/xsetroot-1.1.2.tar.bz2',   'https://www.x.org/releases/individ-
       ual/app/xrdb-1.2.1.tar.bz2',       'https://www.x.org/releases/individ-
       ual/app/xrandr-1.5.1.tar.gz',      'https://www.x.org/releases/individ-
       ual/app/xmodmap-1.0.10.tar.bz2',   'https://www.x.org/releases/individ-
       ual/app/xprop-1.2.5.tar.bz2',      'https://www.x.org/releases/individ-
       ual/app/xgamma-1.0.6.tar.bz2',     'https://www.x.org/releases/individ-
       ual/app/xcmsdb-1.0.5.tar.bz2'].

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at https://www.x.org.

SEE ALSO
       xmodmap(1)




                                23 August 2001                     xmakemap(1)