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gkb_xmmap

gkb_xmmap(1)							   User Commands						      gkb_xmmap(1)

NAME

       gkb_xmmap - set your keyboard map with the GNOME keyboard panel application

SYNOPSIS

       gkb_xmmap XMOD_MAP

DESCRIPTION

       gkb_xmmap  is  a  utility program that is called internally by the GNOME keyboard panel application. gkb_xmmap can also be invoked from the
       command line. gkb_xmmap is used to modify the keyboad mapping to a given locale. gkb_xmmap uses xmodmap to implement the keyboard mapping.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       XMOD_MAP        An xmodmap extension that must match an xmodmap extension. The xmodmap files are located in /usr/share/xmodmap. If this op-
		       erand is not provided, the gkb_xmmap command fails.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Update the keyboard map to UK

       example% gkb_xmmap uk

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       See environ(5).

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0	Application exited successfully

       >0	Application exited with failure

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/gkb_xmmap      Executable to set your keyboard map with the GNOME keyboard panel application

       /usr/share/xmodmap      Location of the xmodmap files

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-utility_applets    |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |External			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       gnome-keybinding-properties(1), gnome-keyboard-properties(1), xmodmap(1)

NOTES

       Original man page writtern by Christian Marillat <marillat@debian.org>.

       Updated by Matt Keenan, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004.

SunOS 5.10							    6 Sep 2004							      gkb_xmmap(1)

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