XKB Isn’t Broken. Your Documentation Is. Here Are the Only 5 Rules That Matter
XKB has a notorious reputation for being an impenetrable black box of Linux keyboard configuration. But the system’s apparent complexity is a lie. By stripping away useless XML and .lst files, the entire architecture collapses into five elegant concepts: scancodes, keycodes, keytypes, keysymbols, and modifiers. Stop fighting the documentation and take back control of your hardware.