key-mon (1) Linux Manual Page
NAME
Keymon – Keyboard and mouse monitor window for GTK.
SYNOPSIS
key-mon [options]
OPTIONS
-h,–help- show this help message and exit
-s,–smaller- Make the dialog 25% smaller than normal.
-l,–larger- Make the dialog 25% larger than normal.
-m,–meta- Show the meta (windows) key.
–nometa- Opposite of
–meta –mouse- Show the mouse.
–nomouse- Opposite of
–mouse –shift- Show shift key.
–noshift- Opposite of
–shift –ctrl- Show the ctrl key.
–noctrl- Opposite of
–ctrl –alt- Show the alt key.
–noalt- Opposite of
–alt –scale=SCALE- Scale the dialog. ex. 2.0 is 2 times larger, 0.5 is half the size. Defaults to 1.0
–key-timeout=KEY_TIMEOUT- Timeout before key returns to unpressed image. Defaults to 0.5
–mouse-timeout=MOUSE_TIMEOUT- Timeout before mouse returns to unpressed image. Defaults to 0.2
–visible-click-timeout=VISIBLE_CLICK_TIMEOUT- Timeout before highly visible click disappears. Defaults to 0.2
–decorated- Show decoration
–nodecorated- Opposite of
–decorated –backgroundless- Show only buttons
–nobackgroundless- Opposite of
–backgroundless –no-press-fadeout=NO_PRESS_FADEOUT- Fadeout the window after a period with no key press. Defaults to 0.0 seconds (Experimental)
–only_combo- Show only key combos (ex. Control-A)
–noonly_combo- Opposite of
–only_combo –sticky- Sticky mode
–nosticky- Opposite of
–sticky –visible_click- Show where you clicked
–novisible_click- Opposite of
–visible_click –follow_mouse- Show the mouse more visibly
–nofollow_mouse- Opposite of
–follow_mouse –kbdfile=KBD_FILE- Use this kbd filename.
–swap- Swap the mouse buttons.
–noswap- Opposite of
–swap –emulate-middle- When you press the left, and right mouse buttons at the same time, it displays as a middle mouse button click.
–noemulate-middle- Opposite of
–emulate-middle -v,–version- Show version information and exit.
-tTHEME,–theme=THEME- The theme to use when drawing status images (ex. "-t apple").
–list-themes- List available themes
–old-keys=OLD_KEYS- How many historical keypresses to show (defaults to 0)
–reset- Reset all options to their defaults.
–opacity=OPACITY- Opacity of window
–loglevel=LOGLEVEL- Logging level
-d,–debug- Output debugging information. Shorthand for
–loglevel=debug –screenshot=SCREENSHOT- Create a "screenshot.png" and exit. Pass a comma separated list of keys to simulate(ex. "KEY_A,KEY_LEFTCTRL").
DESCRIPTON
Keymon is a program to help in teaching or podcasting by showing the current status of the mouse buttons and keyboard.
Keymon creates a small, borderless window which always stays topmost and monitors the keystrokes and mouse buttons used at any time in any program.
Configuration files are saved in ~/.config/key-mon/.
AUTHOR
Written by Scott Kirkwood (scott+keymon [at] forusers.com)
SEE ALSO
Full documentation for keymon is available at
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