xkbdw

X keyboard device watcher
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      1 XKBDW(1)                      User Commands                           XKBDW(1)
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      3 NAME
      4        xkbdw - XKB device watcher
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      6 SYNOPSIS
      7        xkbdw cmd [args...]
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      9 DESCRIPTION
     10        xkbdw runs the command cmd with arguments args everytime the core X
     11        keyboard changes.
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     13 NOTES
     14        This program was written to deal with the annoying XKB quirk (bug?)
     15        that the XKB keymap resets everytime the core X keyboard changes. So
     16        one could, for example, use the XCB XKB API to write a program
     17        install-keymap that installs a custom keymap, but running it will only
     18        use the new keymap until a different keyboard device is used (which
     19        could even be a mouse with lots of buttons), at which point the keymap
     20        needs to be reinstalled. One can solve this problem with xkbdw by
     21        putting the following in ~/.xinitrc:
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     23            install-keymap
     24            xkbdw install-keymap &
     25 
     26        This is a pretty big hack, and there might be a better solution to the
     27        problem.
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     29 xkbdw                              2024-07-17                           XKBDW(1)