NAME¶
xkbset - user preference utility for XKB extensions for X
SYNOPSIS¶
xkbset h |
options | exp
expire-options | q [exp] | w [exp]
where
options are any or all of:
[-]{bell | b}
[-]{repeatkeys
per-key_repeat> | r <per_key_repeat}
perkeyrepeat
per-key_repeat
[-]{repeatkeys | r} [rate
repeat-delay> [<repeat_interval]]
[-]{mousekeys | m} [
mk-dflt_btn]
[-]{mousekeysaccel | ma} [
mk-delay> <mk_interval>
<mk_time_to_max mk-max_speed> <mk_curve]
[-]{accessx | a}
[-]{sticky | st} [[-]twokey | [-]latchlock]...
[-]{slowkeys | sl} [
slow-keys_delay]
[-]{bouncekeys | bo} [
debounce-delay]
[-]{feedback | f} [[-]dumbbell | [-]led | [-]feature | [-]slowwarn |
[-]slowpress | [-]slowaccept | [-]slowreject | [-]slowrelease |
[-]bouncereject | [-]stickybeep]...
[-]{overlay1 | ov1}
[-]{overlay2 | ov2}
groupswrap {redirect | clamp | wrap} [
groups-wrap]
[-]ignoregrouplock
nullify [[-]shift | [-]lock | [-]control | [-]mod1 | [-]mod2 | [-]mod3 | [-]mod4
| [-]mod5]...
ignorelock [[-]shift | [-]lock | [-]control | [-]mod1 | [-]mod2 | [-]mod3 |
[-]mod4 | [-]mod5]...
and where
expire-options are any or all of:
ax-timeout
[-|=]{bell | b}
[-|=]{repeatkeys | r}
[-|=]{mousekeys | m}
[-|=]{mousekeysaccel | ma}
[-|=]{accessx | a}
[-|=]{sticky | st} [[-|=]twokey | [-|=]latchlock]...
[-|=]{slowkeys | sl}
[-|=]{bouncekeys | bo}
[-|=]{feedback | f} [[-|=]dumbbell | [-|=]led | [-|=]feature | [-|=]slowwarn |
[-|=]slowpress | [-|=]slowaccept | [-|=]slowreject | [-|=]slowrelease |
[-|=]bouncereject | [-|=]stickybeep]...
[-|=]{overlay1 | ov1}
[-|=]{overlay2 | ov2}
[-|=]ignoregrouplock
DESCRIPTION¶
This program can be used to set various options available in the XKB extensions.
This includes such things as
mousekeys where one can use the numeric
pad keys to move the mouse;
stickykeys where modifiers like control and
shift will lock until the next key press (good for one finger typing);
slowkeys where the keys will not work unless they are pressed for a
certain amount of time; and
bouncekeys in which if a key is pressed
more than once rapidly, only one key press will be registered.
OPTIONS¶
- b
- The b option controls whether the bell is switched on or off.
- h
- The h option (or no options) will type a rather helpful usage
message - definitely more informative than this unfinished man page.
- perkeyrepeat hex-mask
- With this option, hex-mask is a sequence of 64 hex digits,
representing 32 bytes. These bytes represent which keys will autorepeat,
and which will not. The 8n+kth key will autorepeat if the kth bit of the
nth byte is set. See also the r or the repeatkey
option.
- repeatkeys|r [key-code | rate delay
[interval] ]
- The r or repeatkey option can be used to control the
autorepeat feature. By itself, it can switch the autorepeat on or off.
Followed by a single number, it can be used to switch autorepeat on or off
for that particular keycode (see also the perkeyrepeat option).
Followed by rate, it can be used to set the time in milliseconds
after the key is pressed before autorepeat will start, and optionally the
time in milliseconds between the key repeats.
BUGS¶
In some earlier versions of X, some of the features do not work properly. For
example, mousekeys acceleration. Also, the
perkeyrepeat option (or
repeatkey followed by a key code) did not work. These are due to bugs
in the XKB extensions. These bugs are fixed in more recent versions of X.
Also the man page is woefully incomplete.
SEE ALSO¶
xset(1)
AUTHOR¶
Stephen Montgomery-Smith, University of Missouri