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.
This document was created by man2html
using the manual pages.
Time: 11:44:09 GMT, July 11, 2025