.\" This file was generated by (a slightly modified) kdemangen.pl and edited by hand .TH KXKB 1 "June 2006" "K Desktop Environment" "A utility to switch keyboard maps" .SH NAME kxkb \- A utility to switch keyboard maps .SH SYNOPSIS \fBkxkb\fP [Qt\-options] [KDE\-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. .sp 1 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. .sp 1 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\-kde Show KDE 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 Use the X-server display 'displayname' .TP .B \-\-session 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 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 defines the application font .TP .B \-\-bg, \-\-background sets the default background color and an application palette (light and dark shades are calculated) .TP .B \-\-fg, \-\-foreground sets the default foreground color .TP .B \-\-btn, \-\-button sets the default button color .TP .B \-\-name sets the application name .TP .B \-\-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 KDE 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 KDE 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. .br .SH AUTHORS .nf Andriy Rysin <rysin@kde.org> .br Shaheed Haque <srhaque@iee.org> .br Ilya Konstantinov <kde\-devel@future.galanet.net> .br .br .fi Please use http://bugs.kde.org to report bugs; do not mail the authors directly. .PP 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. .PP On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common\-licenses/GPL.