1KEYMON(1) User Commands KEYMON(1)
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6 Keymon - Keyboard and mouse monitor window for GTK.
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9 key-mon [options]
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12 -h, --help
13 show this help message and exit
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15 -s, --smaller
16 Make the dialog 25% smaller than normal.
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18 -l, --larger
19 Make the dialog 25% larger than normal.
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21 -m, --meta
22 Show the meta (windows) key.
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24 --nometa
25 Opposite of --meta
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27 --mouse
28 Show the mouse.
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30 --nomouse
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33 --shift
34 Show shift key.
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36 --noshift
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39 --ctrl Show the ctrl key.
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41 --noctrl
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44 --alt Show the alt key.
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46 --noalt
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49 --scale=SCALE
50 Scale the dialog. ex. 2.0 is 2 times larger, 0.5 is half the
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53 --key-timeout=KEY_TIMEOUT
54 Timeout before key returns to unpressed image. Defaults to 0.5
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56 --mouse-timeout=MOUSE_TIMEOUT
57 Timeout before mouse returns to unpressed image. Defaults to
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60 --visible-click-timeout=VISIBLE_CLICK_TIMEOUT
61 Timeout before highly visible click disappears. Defaults to 0.2
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63 --decorated
64 Show decoration
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66 --nodecorated
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69 --backgroundless
70 Show only buttons
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72 --nobackgroundless
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75 --no-press-fadeout=NO_PRESS_FADEOUT
76 Fadeout the window after a period with no key press. Defaults
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79 --only_combo
80 Show only key combos (ex. Control-A)
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82 --noonly_combo
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85 --sticky
86 Sticky mode
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91 --visible_click
92 Show where you clicked
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94 --novisible_click
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97 --follow_mouse
98 Show the mouse more visibly
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100 --nofollow_mouse
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103 --kbdfile=KBD_FILE
104 Use this kbd filename.
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106 --swap Swap the mouse buttons.
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108 --noswap
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111 --emulate-middle
112 When you press the left, and right mouse buttons at the same
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115 --noemulate-middle
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118 -v, --version
119 Show version information and exit.
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121 -t THEME, --theme=THEME
122 The theme to use when drawing status images (ex. "-t apple").
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124 --list-themes
125 List available themes
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127 --old-keys=OLD_KEYS
128 How many historical keypresses to show (defaults to 0)
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130 --reset
131 Reset all options to their defaults.
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133 --opacity=OPACITY
134 Opacity of window
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136 --loglevel=LOGLEVEL
137 Logging level
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139 -d, --debug
140 Output debugging information. Shorthand for --loglevel=debug
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142 --screenshot=SCREENSHOT
143 Create a "screenshot.png" and exit. Pass a comma separated list
144 of keys to simulate(ex. "KEY_A,KEY_LEFTCTRL").
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147 Keymon is a program to help in teaching or podcasting by showing the
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150 Keymon creates a small, borderless window which always stays topmost
151 and monitors the keystrokes and mouse buttons used at any time in any
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154 Configuration files are saved in ~/.config/key-mon/.
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157 Written by Scott Kirkwood (scott+keymon@forusers.com)
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160 Full documentation for keymon is available at
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162 http://code.google.com/p/key-mon
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168Keymon version 1.16. January 2013 KEYMON(1)