How to further enhance XKB configuration

Kamil Toman, Ivan U. Pascal

25 November 2002


This guide is aimed to relieve one's labour to create a new (internationalized) keyboard layout. Unlike other documents this guide accents the keymap developer's point of view.

1. Overview

2. The Basics

3. Enhancing XKB Configuration

3.1. Levels And Groups

4. Defining New Layouts

4.1. Predefined XKB Symbol Sets
4.2. Key Types
4.3. Rules
4.4. Descriptive Files of Rules