ckbcomp - compile a XKB keyboard description to a keymap suitable for loadkeys or kbdcontrol

       The  ckbcomp  keymap compiler converts a description of an XKB keyboard layout into a console keymap that
       can be read directly by loadkeys(1) or kbdcontrol(1).

       On its standard output ckbcomp dumps the generated keyboard definition.  The  most  important  difference
       between  the  arguments of setxkbmap(1) and the arguments of ckbcomp is the additional parameter -charmap
       when non-Unicode keyboard map is wanted.  Without -charmapckbcomp will generate Unicode keyboard.

/usr/share/consoletrans/etc/console-setup/ckb/usr/share/X11/xkb/etc/X11/xkb

       ckbcomp - compile a XKB keyboard description to a keymap suitable for loadkeys or kbdcontrol

       If the option -freebsd is used together with -backspacedel, then the key <Delete> will generate the spe‐
       cial code fkey70.  It is your responsibility to assign the appropriate sequence to this special  code  by
       using the following command:

           kbdcontrol -f 70 "`printf '\033[3~'`"

Generaloptions-?,-help
              Print a usage message and exit.

       -charmapcharmap
              The encoding to use for the output keymap.  There should be an character  mapping  table  defining
              this  encoding  in  /usr/share/consoletrans.   Definitions of the following charmaps are provided:
              ARMSCII-8, CP1251, CP1255, CP1256, GEORGIAN-ACADEMY, GEORGIAN-PS, IBM1133, ISIRI-3342, ISO-8859-1,
              ISO-8859-2, ISO-8859-3, ISO-8859-4, ISO-8859-5, ISO-8859-6,  ISO-8859-7,  ISO-8859-8,  ISO-8859-9,
              ISO-8859-10,  ISO-8859-11,  ISO-8859-13,  ISO-8859-14,  ISO-8859-15,  ISO-8859-16, KOI8-R, KOI8-U,
              TIS-620 and VISCII.

       -Idir  Look in the top-level directory dir for files included by the keymap description.  This option may
              be used multiple times.  If a file can not be found in any of the specified directories,  it  will
              be   searched   also   in   some   other   standard  locations,  such  as  /etc/console-setup/ckb,
              /usr/share/X11/xkb and /etc/X11/xkb-vlevel
              Set level of detail for listing.  The argument level must be a number from 1 to 10.

       -compact
              Generate a compact keymap with at most two xkb groups and two levels in each or only one xkb-group
              and up to four levels.

       -freebsd
              Generate a keymap for FreeBSD.

       -backspace [bs|del]
              Specifies the behaviour of the <BackSpace> and <Delete> keys. Value bs specifies  VT100-conformant
              behaviour:  <BackSpace>  will  generate  ^H (ASCII BS) and <Delete> will generate ^?  (ASCII DEL).
              Value del specifies VT220-conformant behavior: <BackSpace>  will  generate  ^?   (ASCII  DEL)  and
              <Delete> will generate a special function sequence.

   XKBKeyboardDescription
       The  keyboard  layout, variant and options components can be also specified directly on the command line.
       See the synopsis of the command.

       -symbolsname
              Specifies the symbols component name of the XKB keyboard description.

       -keycodesname
              Specifies the keycodes component name of the XKB keyboard description.

       -rulesname
              The name of the rules file to use.

       -modelname
              Specifies the keyboard model used to choose the component names.

       -layoutname
              Specifies the layout used to choose the component names.

       -variantname
              Specifies the layout variant used to choose the component names.

       -optionname
              Adds an option used to choose component names.

keyboard(5), setxkbmap(1)

console-setup                                      2011-03-17                                         CKBCOMP(1)

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