XKBSEL(1) XKBSEL(1)

xkbsel - select keyboard layout

xkbsel [-v] [--debug] [-s] MAP
xkbsel [-v] [--debug] {-n,-p}
xkbsel {--help,--version}

xkbsel is a command-line interface for selecting the keyboards, suitable for installing as action bound to some key combination in a window manager, inclusion in scripts or plain command-line usage. xkbsel supports following options:

selects the named MAP
select the next map in the ordering defined by the configuration file
select the previous map in the ordering defined by the configuration file
be verbose
be very verbose
output brief usage instructions
output the version of the program

The MAP can be specified either as full XKB name (e.g. xfree86(us) or sun/de(type4_de)), or as a shortcut defined in the configuration file. The options -n and -p only work when the current mapping was specified in the shortcut form - otherwise they select the first and the last map respectively.

/etc/xkbsel.conf
system configuration file
~/.xkbsel/xkbsel.conf
user´s configuration file

xkbseldb(1), xkbsel-aw(1), xkbsel(5)

Stanislav Meduna <stano@trillian.eunet.sk>

22 Jul 1999 xkbsel