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KDE International Keyboard (kikbd)
is designed to help type national symbols different from the
default Latin symbols under X11.
kikbd implements keyboard layout support for national character-sets
other than the default Latin-1. Instead of relying on the classic
method which uses X keyboard maps and modifier keys or, since X11R6.1
came out, XKB map files and rules, kikbd can remember more than one
keyboard map, and can switch to any desired one in a dynamic fashion.
kikbd uses the xmodmap method to set up
national keyboard maps for X11
applications, but can handle dynamic switching between keyboard maps
selected from the list.
This means it can support more than one language at a time.
In addition to this, kikbd can also maintain different keyboard maps
for different windows or applications (using Window or Class
input styles respectively).
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