Keyboard Map (--keymap)

Objects with this attribute

Usage

Object Manager Keyboard Map For person objects, select a setting from the list or type the pathname of a keyboard map file in the box.
For Character or 3270 character applications, type the pathname of a keyboard map file in the box.
Command line --keymap keymap|default|client-locale
--keymap keymap
For person objects, use either default or client-locale or replace keymap with the pathname of a keyboard map file.
For Character or 3270 character applications, replace keymap with the pathname of a keyboard map file.

Description

This attribute specifies the pathname of a keyboard map file. You can use a full pathname or a relative pathname. Relative pathnames are relative to the install_dir/etc/data/keymaps directory.

Person objects

The keyboard map file specified is used for all graphical applications started by this user.

To use a keyboard map based on the locale of the client device, select Use client's input locale. The actual keymap used is determined using the install_dir/etc/data/keymaps/xlocales.txt file.

Note You can use the * or ? wildcards in the xlocales.txt file to support a range of input locales. See the xlocales.txt file for details.

To use the Tarantella server's X Protocol Engine settings configured in Array Manager to determine the keyboard map, select Use XPE setting.

Alternatively, to always use a particular keyboard map for this user, type a filename.

Character application objects

The keyboard map file specified is used for this application.

Leave blank to use the default keyboard map for the application type. These are built-in to the emulators, but are equivalent to the keyboard maps in the files ansikey.txt, vt420key.txt and w60key.txt (all in install_dir/etc/data/keymaps).

Examples

--keymap mykeymap.txt

Uses the named keymap, which is stored in install_dir/etc/data/keymaps.

Related topics
  • X Protocol Engine properties (server-specific)
  • Preferred Locale (--preflocale)
  • Lock keymap (--keymaplock)
  • Terminal emulator keyboard maps