KeyMap

Package: WA2L/WinTools 1.2.08
Section: General Commands (1)
Updated: 10 July 2025
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NAME

KeyMap - map keyboard keys

 

SYNOPSIS

WA2LWinTools/bin/KeyMap [ -h | -i | -u | -V ]

 

AVAILABILITY

WA2L/WinTools

 

DESCRIPTION

allocate keyboard keys pressed to other keys without the need to switch the keyboard layout. This enables to still use the normal hotkeys as defined in applications etc., but write the text in an other character set.

Pressing the PrintScreen key or selecting the related SystemTray menu of KeyMap, the key mapping can be quickly enabled and disabled.

 

OPTIONS

-h
usage message.

-i
install the KeyMap command to 'Startup' in the Windows Start Menu.

-u
uninstall the KeyMap shortcut from 'Startup' in the Windows Start Menu.

-V
print program version.


 

 

ENVIRONMENT

-

 

EXIT STATUS

0
no error.

4
usage message displayed.

5
version message displayed.

 

FILES

etc/KeyMap.cfg
configuration file of KeyMap . In this file all key mappings are defined.

See comments in KeyMap.cfg for additional information on how to define key mappings.

It is important that the file is saved in UTF-16 LE encoding, else the mappings are not recognized properly.

var/cache/keymap/keymap.flag
flag file to remember the selected [KeyMappingSection].

 

EXAMPLES

-

 

SEE ALSO

wintoolsintro(1), config(1m), typertask(1), beeftext(1)

 

NOTES

-

 

BUGS

-

 

AUTHOR

KeyMap was developed by Christian Walther. Send suggestions and bug reports to wa2l@users.sourceforge.net .

 

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2025 Christian Walther

This is free software; see WA2LWinTools/man/COPYING for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
AVAILABILITY
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
ENVIRONMENT
EXIT STATUS
FILES
EXAMPLES
SEE ALSO
NOTES
BUGS
AUTHOR
COPYRIGHT

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