MK_MODMAP
Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Updated: 2002-02-22
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NAME
mk_modmap - translate a Linux keytable file into an xmodmap file
SYNOPSIS
mk_modmap
[
-v
]
keymap_file
DESCRIPTION
The
mk_modmap
command tries to translate a Linux console keytable file into
a file that can be parsed by xmodmap, and used within X.
It outputs the results to standard out.
If the
-v
flag is used, verbose output is given.
It requires the X header files to be installed.
(In Debian, these are in the "xlibs-dev" package).
NOTES
Since XFree version 2.1, X initialises its keymap using the Linux
keymap, so xmodmap will often be superfluous.
SEE ALSO
dumpkeys(1),
keymaps(5),
xmodmap(1)