.TH XKBSEL 1 "22 Jul 1999" "xkbsel" ""
.\" $Id: xkbsel.1,v 1.2 1999/07/23 14:46:32 stano Exp $
.SH NAME
xkbsel \- select keyboard layout

.SH SYNOPSIS

.B xkbsel
[\-v] [\-\-debug] [\-s] \fIMAP\fR
.br
.B xkbsel
[\-v] [\-\-debug] {\-n,\-p}
.br
.B xkbsel
{\-\-help,\-\-version}
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B 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.
.B xkbsel
supports following options:
.TP
\fB\-s\fR \fIMAP\fR, \fB\-\-select\fR=\fIMAP\fR
selects the named \fIMAP\fR
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-next\fR
select the next map in the ordering defined by the
configuration file
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-previous\fR
select the previous map in the ordering defined by the
configuration file
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
be verbose
.TP
\fB\-\-debug\fR
be very verbose
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
output brief usage instructions
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output the version of the program
.PP
The \fIMAP\fR can be specified either as full
XKB name (e.g. \fIxfree86(us)\fR or \fIsun/de(type4_de)\fR),
or as a shortcut defined in the configuration file.
The options
.B -n
and
.B -p
only work when the current mapping was specified
in the shortcut form \- otherwise they select the
first and the last map respectively.
.SH FILES
.TP
.BI /etc/xkbsel.conf
system configuration file
.TP
.BI ~/.xkbsel/xkbsel.conf
user\'s configuration file
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR xkbseldb (1),
.BR xkbsel-aw (1),
.BR xkbsel (5)
.SH AUTHOR
Stanislav Meduna <stano@trillian.eunet.sk>