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diff --git a/upstream/archlinux/man8/mk_modmap.8 b/upstream/archlinux/man8/mk_modmap.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b3399950 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/archlinux/man8/mk_modmap.8 @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +.\" @(#)mk_modmap.8 2002-02-22 mckinstry@computer.org +.TH MK_MODMAP 8 "2002-02-22" "kbd" + +.SH NAME +mk_modmap \- translate a Linux keytable file into an xmodmap file + +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B mk_modmap +[ +.B -v +] +keymap_file + +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.B 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. +.P +If the +.B -v +flag is used, verbose output is given. +.P +It requires the X header files to be installed. +(In Debian, these are in the "xlibs-dev" package). +.SH NOTES +Since XFree version 2.1, X initialises its keymap using the Linux +keymap, so xmodmap will often be superfluous. + +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR dumpkeys (1), +.BR keymaps (5), +.BR xmodmap (1) + + +.\" .SH AUTHORS +.\" Kjetil T. Homme <kjetilho@ifi.uio.no> +.\" .br +.\" Pablo Saratxaga <pablo@mandrakesoft.com> +.\" .br +.\" Manpage by Alastair McKinstry, <mckinstry@computer.org> |