NAME

       kbdd - simple per-window keyboard layout switching daemon

SYNOPSIS

       kbdd [ -n | --nodaemon ]
       kbdd [ -h | --help ] [ -v | --version ]

DESCRIPTION

       kbdd is a simple keyboard layout daemon that switches and restores layouts on a per-window
       basis.

       -n, --nodaemon
              run in nodaemon (foreground) mode

       -h, --help
              print a short usage summary

       -v, --version
              print the program version

DBUS INTERFACE

       Kbdd registers a dbus interface in order to notify a window manager  about  layout  change
       and  listens  on  this  interface for incoming requests.  This interface can be used in WM
       widgets to indicate the current layout.

       The dbus interface has the following methods:

       getLayoutName( uint32 )
              returns a string representing the layout group name

       set_layout( uint32 )
              sets current group

       getCurrentLayout
              returns current layout group id

       next_layout
              switches to the next keyboard layout

       prev_layout
              switches to the previous keyboard layout

       The following events (signals) are available:

       layoutChanged
              returns new group number

       layoutNameChanged
              returns name for the new group

       You can change the layout with the following dbus-send command:
       dbus-send --dest=ru.gentoo.KbddService /ru/gentoo/KbddService ru.gentoo.kbdd.set_layout uint32:1

BUGS

       Some users reported problems with sticking meta-keys  (Alt  or  Meta4),  however,  at  the
       moment  there is not enough information collected to conclude if this is caused by kbdd or
       not.

       Newly   found   bugs   may   be   reported    on    the    project    page    at    github
       ⟨http://github.com/qnikst/kbdd/issues⟩.

AUTORS

       Alexander V. Vershilov ⟨alexander.vershilov@gmail.com⟩

       This   manual   page   was   updated   for  the  Debian  project  by  Stanislav  Maslovski
       ⟨stanislav.maslovski@gmail.com⟩

SEE ALSO

       dbus-send(1), dbus-monitor(1)

       You can get more  information  about  kbdd  usage  on  wiki  pages  of  the  kbdd  project
       ⟨https://github.com/qnikst/kbdd/wiki/Usecases⟩.