NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

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

OPTIONS

       -?, -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.

       -Idir  Search  top-level  directory dir for 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.  level is 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.

XKB KEYBOARD DESCRIPTION

       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.

SEE ALSO

       xkbcomp(1)

AUTHOR

       Anton Zinoviev <anton@lml.bas.bg>, <zinoviev@debian.org>

console-setup                                       MAY 2007                                          ckbcomp(1)