tdebase/doc/man/kxkb.1

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.TH KXKB 1 "June 2006" "Trinity Desktop Environment" "A utility to switch keyboard maps"
.SH NAME
kxkb
\- A utility to switch keyboard maps
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBkxkb\fP [Qt\-options] [TDE\-options] 
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBKxkb\fP is a keyboard layout switching utility based on X11 xkb extension. It allows to use different keyboard layouts for inputing text. \fBKxkb\fP features keyboard layout indicator.
.sp 1
\fBKxkb\fP starts automatically and stays in system tray as a flag with 2 or 3 letter abbreviation of layout name on top of it if more than one layout is defined or Show indicator for single layout option is turned on.
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When \fBKxkb\fP is running you can change layouts clicking on its tray icon with the mouse or pressing its keyboard shortcut. Keyboard shortcut or mouse click will switch to next layout or alternatively you can right mouse button click the \fBKxkb\fP icon and select layout from the list.
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Right mouse button clicking on the \fBKxkb\fP icon you can start its configuration by selecting Configure... or by opening \fBControl Center\fP and selecting Localization/Keyboard Layout. Alternatively, you can start it by typing \fBtdecmshell keyboard_layout\fP in a terminal.
.SH OPTIONS
.SS Generic options:
.TP
.B  \-\-help  
Show help about options
.TP
.B  \-\-help\-qt  
Show Qt specific options
.TP
.B  \-\-help\-tde  
Show TDE specific options
.TP
.B  \-\-help\-all  
Show all options
.TP
.B  \-\-author  
Show author information
.TP
.B \-v,  \-\-version  
Show version information
.TP
.B  \-\-license  
Show license information
.TP
.B  \-\-  
End of options
.SS 
.SS Qt options:
.TP
.B  \-\-display  <displayname>
Use the X-server display 'displayname'
.TP
.B  \-\-session  <sessionId>
Restore the application for the given 'sessionId'
.TP
.B  \-\-cmap  
Causes the application to install a private color
map on an 8\-bit display
.TP
.B  \-\-ncols  <count>
Limits the number of colors allocated in the color
cube on an 8\-bit display, if the application is
using the QApplication::ManyColor color
specification
.TP
.B  \-\-nograb  
tells Qt to never grab the mouse or the keyboard
.TP
.B  \-\-dograb  
running under a debugger can cause an implicit
\-nograb, use \-dograb to override
.TP
.B  \-\-sync  
switches to synchronous mode for debugging
.TP
.B \-\-fn,  \-\-font  <fontname>
defines the application font
.TP
.B \-\-bg,  \-\-background  <color>
sets the default background color and an
application palette (light and dark shades are
calculated)
.TP
.B \-\-fg,  \-\-foreground  <color>
sets the default foreground color
.TP
.B \-\-btn,  \-\-button  <color>
sets the default button color
.TP
.B  \-\-name  <name>
sets the application name
.TP
.B  \-\-title  <title>
sets the application title (caption)
.TP
.B  \-\-visual  TrueColor
forces the application to use a TrueColor visual on
an 8\-bit display
.TP
.B  \-\-inputstyle  <inputstyle>
sets XIM (X Input Method) input style. Possible
values are onthespot, overthespot, offthespot and
root
.TP
.B  \-\-im  <XIM server>
set XIM server
.TP
.B  \-\-noxim  
disable XIM
.TP
.B  \-\-reverse  
mirrors the whole layout of widgets
.SS 
.SS TDE options:
.TP
.B  \-\-caption  <caption>
Use 'caption' as name in the titlebar
.TP
.B  \-\-icon  <icon>
Use 'icon' as the application icon
.TP
.B  \-\-miniicon  <icon>
Use 'icon' as the icon in the titlebar
.TP
.B  \-\-config  <filename>
Use alternative configuration file
.TP
.B  \-\-dcopserver  <server>
Use the DCOP Server specified by 'server'
.TP
.B  \-\-nocrashhandler  
Disable crash handler, to get core dumps
.TP
.B  \-\-waitforwm  
Waits for a WM_NET compatible windowmanager
.TP
.B  \-\-style  <style>
sets the application GUI style
.TP
.B  \-\-geometry  <geometry>
sets the client geometry of the main widget \- see man X for the argument format
.TP
.B  \-\-nofork  
Don't run in the background.

.SH SEE ALSO
Full user documentation is available through the TDE Help Center.  You can also enter the URL
.BR help:/kxkb/
directly into konqueror or you can run 
.BR "khelpcenter help:/kxkb/"
from the command\-line.
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.SH AUTHORS
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Andriy Rysin <rysin@kde.org>
.br
Shaheed Haque <srhaque@iee.org>
.br
Ilya Konstantinov <kde\-devel@future.galanet.net>
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Please use http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org to report bugs; do not mail the authors directly.
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This manual page was written by Holger Hartmann <Holger_Hartmann@gmx.de> for the Debian Project, but may be used by others. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
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On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common\-licenses/GPL.