kbdd - XKB daemon
Simple daemon and library to make per window layout using XKB (X KeyBoard Extension).
Features
- dbus interface
- set layout group by its number
- switch to the previous layout
- kbdd supports only EWMH compatible systems, if you need support for others, please request
Requirements
- In order to build kbdd you need:
- xorg header files with xkb support
- glib header files
- dbus-glib header files (optional)
Installation
Program uses autotools installation system, so installation can be done in next steps [1]:
./configure options make make install
- Configuration options:
enable-debug- [default: disabled] adds additional debuging infoenable-dbus- [default: enabled] enable dbus support
| [1] | If you use git version, you should generate installation files: you should use: aclocal ; automake --add-missing ; autoreconf and then proceed to ordinary installation. Of cause you should need to have autotools package installed |
Running kbdd
To run kbdd you can just run /usr/bin/kbdd to use kbdd in daemon mode, or
use /usr/bin/kbdd -n to run in verbose mode.
More info
You can go to kbdd Wiki to check usecases described.
Known bugs
Sometimes meta4 key lips in awesome, this bug was never reproduced anywere but on one host.
Troubleshooting
All bugs and issues can be posted to http://github.com/qnikst/kbdd/issues or sent to jabber: [email protected]