xkeyboard-config

X Keyboard Extension

The X Keyboard (XKB) Extension essentially replaces the core protocol definition of a keyboard. The extension makes it possible to specify clearly and explicitly most aspects of keyboard behaviour on a per-key basis, and to track more closely the logical and physical state of a keyboard. It also includes a number of keyboard controls designed to make keyboards more accessible to people with physical impairments.

There are five components that define a complete keyboard mapping: symbols, geometry, keycodes, compat, and types; these five components can be combined together using the 'rules' component of the database provided by this project, xkeyboard-config.

The complete specification for the XKB Extension can be found here:

http://xfree86.org/current/XKBproto.pdf

xkeyboard-config

This project provides a consistent, well-structured, frequently released, open source database of keyboard configuration data. The project is targeted at XKB-based systems.

For XKB configuration information, see:

docs/README.config

For information on how to enhance the database itself, see:

docs/README.enhancing

For guidelines to making contributions to this project, see:

http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/XKeyboardConfig/Rules

To submit bug reports (and patches), please use the issue system in freedesktop.org's gitlab instance:

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xkeyboard-config/xkeyboard-config/issues