README
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2The xxkb program is a keyboard layout switcher and indicator. Unlike the
3programs that reload keyboard maps and use their own hot-keys, xxkb is a
4simple GUI for XKB (X KeyBoard extension) and just sends commands to and
5accepts events from XKB. That means that it will work with the existing
6setup of your X Server without any modifications.
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8Additional features are:
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10* xxkb remembers the current layout in each application and switches to
11it on the focus change
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13* xxkb can put it's own icon on an application window titlebar, such an
14icon is a 'local' layout switcher and indicator for that application
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16* if a complete keymap has more than two layouts, xxkb allows to
17designate two of them as main and alternative ones and switch between
18them only.
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20* The alternative layout can be set separately for each application and
21can be changed on a run-time.
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23* xxkb supports lists of applications for which some special actions are
24necessary: ignoring window(for those for which preserving of the current
25layout is undesired), setting the current and alternative layouts on the
26application startup.
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28* xxkb can be docked as a docklet in the WindowMaker and can be placed in
29the Notification area(systray) of the Gnome, KDE and some other FreeDesktop
30standards compatible window managers.
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32Build and Install
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35In the xxkb source directory run:
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37xmkmf
38make
39make install
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41(for the last one you probably need root privileges)
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43Configure and run-time operation
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46Read man xxkb.
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48The official site of xxkb is http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/xxkb/
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