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NAME
xrus - X localized keyboard switch and autolock
SYNOPSIS
xrus [OPTIONS] [keyboard_map_file]
DESCRIPTION
xrus is a X client that watches keyboard and mouse events and serves as
localized keyboard switch and autolock.
To switch the keyboard, it swaps 1,2 and 3,4 columns of the keyboard
map. If the map has more columns, xrus swaps the halves. Thus for
xrus to operate properly, keyboard map has to have four or more
columns. If it does not, xrus terminates with error message. If
keyboard_map_file is specified, xrus calls xmodmap to load the file as
keyboard map. If the specified keymap file does not exist, xrus tries
to find the keymap in $prefix/share/xruskb/ and then tries to append
.xmm to keymap name, also looking in that directory.
By default, xrus switches the keyboard mode when left and right shifts
are pressed simultaneously; it is possible to tune the key combinations
either in resources or in the properties sheet.
When a time period passed without keyboard and mouse events, xrus
starts a locker, "xlock -remote" by default.
To tune various parameters, to lock screen or terminate xrus, press
third mouse button on the icon and select appropriate action from popup
menu.
OPTIONS
{-|+}bell
Turn on/off the bell when switching. You can also set this in
properties or resources (*bell)
{-|+}icon
Show/not show the icon with keyboard mode indication. Also in
resources (*icon)
-led led_no
Use keyboard led led_no to indicate keyboard mode. Resource *led
+led Don't use led for indication
{-|+}autolock
Allow/disable autolock function
-locker locker cmd
Specify locker command
-timeout sec
Set autolock timeout
-nofork
Don't fork to background. This is default for -wmaker option
too.
-wmaker
Display state in Window Maker appicon.
-wmicon
Display state in window manager's icon for xrus. In this case
you won't be able to click on xrus' icon to switch or call menu,
because window managers usually trap clicks to their icons.
-perwindow
Remember keyboard state for each top level window and switch
keyboard on focus change.
-keylog
Log all key presses to specified file.
RESOURCES
Here are described only Xrus' own resources, to change resources of
widgets used look into their documentation and xrus.doc. Some useful
resources can be seen in Xrus.ad too.
*autolock
(type boolean; default false; option -autolock) Specifies
whether to use the autolock feature. This option can be changed
in properties sheet.
*locker
(type string; default "xlock -remote"; option -locker <command>)
Specifies the locker to launch to lock screen. This option can
be changed in properties sheet.
*timeout
(type int; default 30; option -timeout <value>) Specifies the
amount of minutes without keyboard and mouse activity before
starting locker. This option can be changed in properties
sheet.
*useBell
(type boolean; default false; option -bell,+bell) Specifies
whether to beep when switching keyboard mode. This option can
be changed in properties sheet.
*xmodmap
(type string; option <filename>) Specifies a file name to load
with xmodmap at startup.
*switchKeys
(type string; default Shift_L+Shift_R) Specifies key combination
on which Xrus switches keyboard mode. This option can be
changed in properties sheet.
*toLatKeys
(type string) Specifies key combination on which Xrus sets latin
(primary) keyboard mode. This option can be changed in
properties sheet.
*toRusKeys
(type string) Specifies key combination on which Xrus sets
russian (secondary) keyboard mode. This option can be changed
in properties sheet.
*switchForOneKeys
(type string) Specifies key combination on which Xrus changes
input mode for one following key.
*led (type int; option -led <num>) Specifies led number to light in
secondary keyboard mode. 0 means none.
*altMaps
(type string) Defines a list of file names with alternative
keyboard maps. If you want to use it, define also resources
*altmapX.labelString, where X - the number of file in *altMaps
starting with 0. If you have compiled Xrus with Xaw, use
resources *altmapX.label instead. The strings will be shown in
menu then.
*icon (type boolean; default true; option -icon,+icon) Specifies
whether to show the icon.
*adjustModeButtons
(type boolean; default true) Specifies whether the icon size
is the same in both states (true) or can differ (false).
*alwaysOnTop
(type boolean; default false) Specifies whether the icon should
float above other windows.
*alwaysMapped
(type boolean; default true) Specifies whether to map the icon
back when it is unmapped. This option works only with certain
window managers (mwm, dtwm, ovwm, probably some other).
*capsLockEmu
(type boolean; default false) Emulate capslock key. Useful when
Xlib is not localized properly.
*capsLockLed
(type int) Specifies which led to light when emulated capslock
is pressed. 0 means none.
*recheckTime
(type int; default 1500) Sets time interval in milliseconds
between window mapping and rechecking of event mask of
the main application. This is useful when some application
first asks for an event and then withdraws its request,
expecting event propagation to work. This situation is quite
rare, and X does not provide an event on change of event mask.
*wMaker
(type bool; default false) Same as -wmaker option.
*wmIcon
(type bool; default false) Same as -wmicon option.
*noFork
(type bool; default false) Same as -nofork option.
*xmodmapProgram
(type string; default BINDIR/xrusmodmap) Use specified program
for keyboard map loading.
*title0 and *title1
(type string; default Xrus:LAT and Xrus:RUS) Set icon name for
window manager in primary and secondary mode accordingly.
*perWindow
(type bool; default false) Same as -perwindow option.
*titlePerWindow0 and *titlePerWindow1
(type string; default (LAT) and (RUS)) Append these strings to
window title in per-window mode.
*keyLog
(type string; no default) Same as -keylog option.
SIGNALS
SIGTERM
switch to primary keyboard mode and terminate.
SIGUSR1
switch to primary keyboard mode.
SIGUSR2
switch to secondary keyboard mode.
AUTHOR
xrus was written by Alexander V. Lukyanov <lav@yars.free.net>.
22 Jan 2000 XRUS(1)