How to use a .xkm with X

[Peter Hutterer]

On Wed, Jun 02, 2010 at 02:51:37AM +0200, Mike Eriksen wrote:
> On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Mike Eriksen
> <thinstation.mike at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > For use with a tiny Linux distro, I need to use precompiled .xkm
> > keymap files in order to save space.
> >
> > In the good old day of X 6.8/6.9 there was a -xkm command line option
> > to X, but that one has gone nowadays. I have googled for about a day
> > now, but gotten nowhere and "man X" isn't useful either.
> >
> > Could someone please explain how to use a .xkm keymap these days.
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Mike
> 
> Hmm, no responses yet. Is it rocket science to use precompiled keymaps
> nowadays?  _______________________________________________

xkbcomp will spit out xkm files on request (that's how the server gets
them). Is that what you're looking for?

Cheers,
  Peter