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SYNOPSIS
       dumpkeys  [  -hilfn1  -Sshape -ccharset --help --short-info --long-info
       --numeric  --full-table  --separate-lines  --shape=shape   --funcs-only
       --keys-only --compose-only --charset=charset ]


DESCRIPTION
       dumpkeys  writes,  to  the standard output, the current contents of the
       keyboard driver’s  translation  tables,  in  the  format  specified  by
       keymaps(5).

       Using  the  various options, the format of the output can be controlled
       and also other information from the kernel and the programs dumpkeys(1)
       and loadkeys(1) can be obtained.


OPTIONS
       -h --help
              Prints the program’s version number and a short usage message to
              the program’s standard error output and exits.


       -i --short-info
              Prints some characteristics of the kernel’s keyboard driver. The
              items shown are:

              Keycode range supported by the kernel:

                     This tells what values can be used after the keycode key‐
                     word in keymap files. See keymaps(5) for more information
                     and the syntax of these files.

              Number of actions bindable to a key:

                     This  tells  how  many different actions a single key can
                     output using various modifier keys. If the  value  is  16
                     for example, you can define up to 16 different actions to
                     a key combined with modifiers. When the value is 16,  the
                     kernel probably knows about four modifier keys, which you
                     can press in  different  combinations  with  the  key  to
                     access all the bound actions.

              Ranges of action codes supported by the kernel:

                     This  item  contains a list of action code ranges in hex‐
                     adecimal notation.  These are the values that can be used
                     in  the right hand side of a key definition, ie. the vv’s
                     in a line

                             keycode xx = vv vv vv vv


                     This tells the number of action codes that can be used to
                     output strings of characters. These action codes are tra‐
                     ditionally bound to the various function and editing keys
                     of the keyboard and are defined to send  standard  escape
                     sequences. However, you can redefine these to send common
                     command lines, email  addresses  or  whatever  you  like.
                     Especially if the number of this item is greater than the
                     number of function and editing keys in your keyboard, you
                     may  have  some "spare" action codes that you can bind to
                     AltGr-letter combinations, for example, to send some use‐
                     ful strings. See loadkeys(1) for more details.

              Function strings:

                     You can see you current function key definitions with the
                     command

                             dumpkeys--funcs-only


       -l --long-info
              This option instructs dumpkeys to print a long information list‐
              ing.  The  output  is the same as with the --short-info appended
              with the list of action symbols  supported  by  loadkeys(1)  and
              dumpkeys(1), along with the symbols’ numeric values.


       -n --numeric
              This  option causes dumpkeys to by-pass the conversion of action
              code values to symbolic notation and to print the in hexadecimal
              format instead.


       -f --full-table
              This  makes  dumpkeys  skip  all  the short-hand heuristics (see
              keymaps(5)) and output the key bindings in the  canonical  form.
              First  a  keymaps line describing the currently defined modifier
              combinations is printed. Then for each key a row with  a  column
              for  each  modifier  combination is printed. For example, if the
              current keymap in use uses seven modifiers, every row will  have
              seven action code columns. This format can be useful for example
              to programs that post-process the output of dumpkeys.


       -1 --separate-lines
              This forces dumpkeys to write one  line  per  (modifier,keycode)
              pair.  It prefixes the word plain for plain keycodes.


       -S --shape=shape
              Tells dumpkeys to use the specified table shape.  Allowed shapes
              When  this  option  is given, dumpkeys prints only the key bind‐
              ings. Normally dumpkeys prints both the  key  bindings  and  the
              string definitions.


       --compose-only
              When  this option is given, dumpkeys prints only the compose key
              combinations.  This option is available only if your kernel  has
              compose key support.


       -ccharset --charset=charset
              This  instructs  dumpkeys  to  interpret  character  code values
              according to the specified character set. This affects only  the
              translation  of  character  code values to symbolic names. Valid
              values for charset are  listed  by  the  --help  option.  If  no
              charset  is  specified,  iso-8859-1  is  used as a default. This
              option produces an output line ‘charset  "iso-8859-X"’,  telling
              loadkeys  how  to interpret the keymap. (For example, "division"
              is 0xf7 in iso-8859-1 but 0xba in iso-8859-8).


FILES
       /usr/share/keymaps/ recommended directory for keymap files


SEE ALSO
       loadkeys(1), keymaps(5), setkeycodes(8).



Console tools                     09 Oct 1997                      DUMPKEYS(1)
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