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diff --git a/man/setxkbmap.man b/man/setxkbmap.man index 926b6f7..d02f25f 100644 --- a/man/setxkbmap.man +++ b/man/setxkbmap.man @@ -138,6 +138,18 @@ directly to the \fBxkbcomp\fP input. For example, the command makes both steps run on the same (client) machine and loads a keyboard map into the server. + +.SH "XWAYLAND" +Xwayland is an X server that uses a Wayland Compositor as backend. +Xwayland acts as translation layer between the X protocol and the Wayland +protocol but does not manage the keymaps - these are handled by the Wayland +Compositor. +.PP +Changing the keymap with \fBsetxkbmap\fP is not supported by Xwayland. +In most instances, using \fBsetxkbmap\fP on Xwayland is indicative of a +bug in a shell script and \fBsetxkbmap\fP will print a warning. Use the Wayland +Compositor's native XKB configuration methods instead. + .SH SEE ALSO xkbcomp(__appmansuffix__), xkeyboard-config(__miscmansuffix__) .SH FILES |