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1X Keyboard Extension
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4The X Keyboard Extension essentially replaces the core protocol definition of
5keyboard. The extension makes possible to clearly and explicitly specify most
6aspects of keyboard behaviour on per-key basis and to more closely track the
7logical and physical state of the keyboard. It also includes a number of
8keyboard controls designed to make keyboards more accessible to people with
9physical impairments.
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11There are five types of components in the server database corresponing to five
12xkb symbolic names: symbols, geometry, keycodes, compat and types which
13determine the keyboard behaviour. These five components can combined together
14into a resulting keyboard mapping using the 'rules' component.
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16The complete specification can be found on
17http://www.x-docs.org/XKB/XKBproto.pdf
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19For XKB configuration information see 'README.config' file.
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21For information how to further enhance XKB configuration see 'README.enhancing'
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