1KBDD(1) XKB layout switching daemon KBDD(1)
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6 kbdd - simple per-window keyboard layout switching daemon
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9 kbdd [ -n | --nodaemon ]
10 kbdd [ -h | --help ] [ -v | --version ]
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13 kbdd is a simple keyboard layout daemon that switches and restores lay‐
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16 -n, --nodaemon
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19 -h, --help
20 print a short usage summary
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22 -v, --version
23 print the program version
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26 Kbdd registers a dbus interface in order to notify a window manager
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56 You can change the layout with the following dbus-send command:
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60 Some users reported problems with sticking meta-keys (Alt or Meta4),
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64 Newly found bugs may be reported on the project page at github
65 ⟨http://github.com/qnikst/kbdd/issues⟩.
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68 Alexander V. Vershilov ⟨alexander.vershilov@gmail.com⟩
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70 This manual page was updated for the Debian project by Stanislav
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74 dbus-send(1), dbus-monitor(1)
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76 You can get more information about kbdd usage on wiki pages of the kbdd
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81version 0.6 27 Aug 2011 KBDD(1)