XKBPRINT(1) General Commands Manual XKBPRINT(1)
NAME
xkbprint - print an XKB keyboard description
SYNOPSIS
xkbprint [options] source [ output_file ]
DESCRIPTION
The xkbprint command generates a printable or encapsulated PostScript
description of the XKB keyboard description specified by source. The
source can be any compiled keymap (.xkm) file that includes a geometry
description or an X display specification. If an output_file is speci-
fied, xkbprint writes to it. If no output file is specified, xkbprint
creates replaces the extension of the source file with .ps or .eps de-
pending on the requested format. If the source is a non-local X display
(e.g.:0), xkbprint appends the appropriate prefix to the display speci-
fication, replacing the colon with a dash. For a local display, xkprint
uses server-n where n is the number of the display.
OPTIONS
-?, -help
Prints a usage message.
-color Print using the colors specified in the geometry file; by de-
fault, xkbprint prints a black-and-white image of the keyboard.
-dflts Attempt to compute default names for any missing components,
such as keys.
-diffs Show symbols only where they are explicitly bound.
-eps Generate an encapsulated PostScript file.
-fit Fit the keyboard image on the page (default).
-full Print the keyboard at full size.
-grid res
Print a grid with res mm resolution over the keyboard.
-if fontName
Specifies an internal PostScript type 1 font to dump to the
specified output file or to fontName.pfa, if no output file is
specified. No keyboard description is printed if an internal
font is dumped.
-label type
Specifies the labels to be printed on keys; valid types are:
none, name, code, and symbols.
-lc <locale>
Specifies a locale in which KeySyms should be resolved.
-level1 Generate level 1 PostScript.
-level2 Generate level 2 PostScript.
-lg group
Print symbols in keyboard groups starting from group.
-ll level
Print symbols starting from shift level level.
-mono Generate black-and-white image of keyboard (default).
-n num Print num copies.
-nkg num
Print the symbols in num keyboard groups.
-npk num
Number of keyboard images to print on each page; for EPS files,
this specifies the total number of keyboard images to print.
-o file Write output to file.
-Rdirectory
Use directory as the root directory; all path names are inter-
preted relative to directory.
-pict which
Controls use of pictographs instead of keysym names where avail-
able. which can be any of all, none, or common (default).
-synch Forces synchronization for X requests.
-version
Print out the program version and exit.
-w level
Sets warning level (0 for no warning, 10 for all warnings).
SEE ALSO
X(7), xkbcomp(1)
AUTHOR
Erik Fortune, Silicon Graphics
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