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XKBIND(1)		     General Commands Manual		       XKBIND(1)

NAME
     xkbind - X Keyboard Extention Indicator for the X Window System

SYNOPSIS
     xkbind -help
     xkbind -version
     xkbind [-display displayname] [-force] [-nodetach] [-defgrp group] [-deflbl
     label]  [-label0  label]  [-label1  label]  [-label2 label] [-label3 label]
     [-iname <name list>] [-iclass <class list>] [-ireverse] [-inowild]

DESCRIPTION
     The xkbind program (X Keyboard Extention Indicator) is a  small  and  light
     indicator of keyboard layout (XKB group) for  the X Window System; it shows
     current  keyboard	layout in titles of top-level windows.	xkbind allows to
     simulate separate keyboard layout for each handled window and it works with
     most of window managers.

     xkbind exits 0 on success, and greater than 0 if an error occurs.

OPTIONS
     xkbind accepts a number options most of which can be  specified  either  on
     the  command  line,  in  the  user's  $HOME/.xkbindrc, $HOME/.Xdefaults (or
     $HOME/.Xresources), or in the system-wide configuration file.   Description
     of  all  the acceptable options is given below.  The command line option is
     specified first with correspondent X resource name (if any) in  parenthesis
     afteward.	Options specified on the command line have the highest priority.
     The  -version and -help options interpreted even if xkbind can not open the
     display.

     -help  Print a short help message to stderr and exit.

     -version
	    Print a version number of xkbind to stderr and exit.

     -force
	    Do not allow xkbind automatically check existence of  its  own  copy
	    already running on the specified X server.

     -nodetach
	    Do not detach as a background process.

     -display displayname (display)
	    The  X server to use.  This option overrides the contents of DISPLAY
	    environment variable.

     -defgrp group (defgroup)
	    Group number that xkbind initially binds to each handled window.

     -deflbl label (label.default)
	    The default value for options label.group[0-3].

     -label[0-3] label (label.group[0-3])
	    A label string for the specified keyboard group.

     -iname <name list> (ignore.name)
	    Space- or tab-separated list  of  window  names  (WM_CLASS(res_name)
	    property) that should be ignored by xkbind.

     -iclass <class list> (ignore.class)
	    Space-  or tab-separated list of window classes (WM_CLASS(res_class)
	    property) that should be ignored by xkbind.

     -reverse (ignore.reverse)
	    Indicates that the "ignore list"  in  options  ignore.name	and  ig-
	    nore.class should be interpreted as "accept list"

     -nowild (ignore.usewild)
	    Disable pattern matching while searching in window lists.

RESOURCES
     The  format  of  the  option  in  the  X resources files is "Xkbind.option:
     value", where the option name is the one specified below.

     display
	    The X server to use.  The default is  the  contents  of  environment
	    variable DISPLAY.

     defgroup
	    Group  number  that  xkbind  initially binds to each handled window.
	    The default is the current group when the program starts.

     label.default
	    The default value for options label.group[0-3].  It defaults  itself
	    to the empty string.

     label.group[0-3]
	    A label string for the specified keyboard group.  The default is the
	    value of label.default option.

     ignore.name
	    Space-  or	tab-separated  list  of window names (WM_CLASS(res_name)
	    property) that should be ignored by xkbind.

     ignore.class
	    Space- or tab-separated list of window classes  (WM_CLASS(res_class)
	    property) that should be ignored by xkbind.

     ignore.reverse
	    Specifies whether or not an "ignore list" in options ignore.name and
	    ignore.class should be interpreted as an "accept list".  The default
	    is "False".

     ignore.usewild
	    Specifies  whether	or  not symbols '*', '?' and '\' in the name and
	    class lists should be interpreted in the special way  (like  in  the
	    shell pattern matching).  The default is "True".

SIGNALS
     SIGALRM

     SIGVTALRM

     SIGHUP

     SIGPROF
	    xkbind ignores these signals.

     SIGINT

     SIGTERM

     SIGABRT
	    xkbind performs cleanup and normal exit.

ENVIRONMENT
     DISPLAY
	    Default host and display number.

FILES
     xkbind reads configuration options from the following files in the order of
     priority:

     $HOME/.xkbindrc
	    User's private configuration file.

     $HOME/.Xresources or $HOME/.Xdefaults
	    User's X defaults file.

     /etc/local/lib/xkbind/app-defaults/Xkbind
	    System-wide X defaults file.  The actual pathname may differ on your
	    system.

BUGS
     Compount  text encoding of international characters in label strings is not
     implemented.

AUTHORS
     Copyright (C) 2004 CHG

     This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it un-
     der the terms of the GNU General Public License as published  by  the  Free
     Software  Foundation;  either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
     any later version.

     This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
     ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or  FIT-
     NESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
     details.

     You  should  have	received  a copy of the GNU General Public License along
     with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,  59
     Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

Version 2005.01.04		   April 2004			       XKBIND(1)

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