evmuxd(8)

1EVMUXD(1)                 System management commands                 EVMUXD(1)
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NAME

6       evmuxd - Event Device Multiplexing Daemon
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SYNOPSIS

9       evmuxd device
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DESCRIPTION

12       This tool creates two Linux virtual keyboards and forwards the events
13       from a given physical keyboard to either of the two. It's possible to
14       switch the target of the redirect with a special key press.
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16       This is useful when the user wants to assign a special purpose to one
17       of the keyboard while grabbing it (such as exporting the keyboard via
18       btkbdd(8)) while still retaining the local keyboard functionality on
19       his system.
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21       The virtual keyboard have a sysfs attribute "name" set to "evmuxd
22       primary" and "evmuxd secondary" with the primary one being chosen by
23       default.
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25       The special key used is "SCROLL LOCK".
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OPTIONS

28       device
29           Linux input subsystem event device to use as event source.
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EXAMPLES

32       Use with udev(7) and systemd(1) is recommended. Look into
33       89-evmuxd.rules and evmuxd@.service files distributed with evmuxd for
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BUGS

37       It's possible to create only two devices.
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39       It's not possible to configure the magic key.
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41       It's not possible to control the virtual keyboard metadata, such as
42       name, product and vendor IDs or version.
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44       Only keyboard input devices are supported.
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AUTHORS

47       ·   Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@v3.sk>
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49       evmuxd can be redistributed under the terms of GNU General Public
50       License (any version at your option).
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52       The source code repository can be obtained from
53       <https://github.com/lkundrak/btkbdd>. Bug fixes and feature ehancements
54       licensed under same conditions as evmuxd  are welcome via GIT pull
55       requests.
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