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X Keyboard Extension
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The X Keyboard Extension essentially replaces the core protocol definition
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of the keyboard. The extension makes it possible to clearly and explicitly
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specify most aspects of keyboard behaviour on a per-key basis and to more
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closely track the logical and physical state of the keyboard. It also
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includes a number of keyboard controls designed to make keyboards more
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accessible to people with physical impairments.
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There are five types of components in the server database corresponding to
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five xkb symbolic names (symbols, geometry, keycodes, compat, and types)
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which determine the keyboard behaviour. These five components can be
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combined into a resulting keyboard mapping using the 'rules' component.
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The complete specification can be found in:
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http://www.x.org/current/doc/kbproto/xkbproto.pdf
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For XKB configuration information, see the 'docs/README.config' file.
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For information on how to further enhance XKB configuration, see the
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'docs/README.enhancing' file.
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For information on how to replace an existing XKB configuration database
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with XKeyboardConfig, see the 'docs/HOWTO.transition' file.
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Contribution guidelines are described on:
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http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/XKeyboardConfig/Rules
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