komac

Create a new package from scratch

$ komac new [Package.Identifier] [[-v|--version]] [1.2.3] [[-u|--urls]] [https://example.com/app.exe]

$ komac update [Package.Identifier] [[-v|--version]] [1.2.3] [[-u|--urls]] [https://example.com/app.exe]

$ komac update [Package.Identifier] [[-v|--version]] [1.2.3] [[-u|--urls]] [https://example.com/app.exe https://example.com/app.msi ...] [[-s|--submit]]

$ komac remove [Package.Identifier] [[-v|--version]] [1.2.3]

$ komac [[list|list-versions]] [Package.Identifier]

$ komac [[sync|sync-fork]]

$ komac token [[add|update]] [[-t|--token]] [your_github_token]

$ komac [[complete|autocomplete]] [bash|elvish|fish|powershell|zsh]

komac [-v] [-h] <input.kmc> [<output.kml>]

-v
    Enable verbose output during compilation

-h
    Display usage help and exit

komac is a utility from early KDE environments (KDE 1.x and 2.x) that compiles human-readable KDE macro files with the .kmc extension into binary macro libraries (.kml files). These macros enable advanced keyboard automation and scripting in KDE applications such as kwrite, konsole, and other widgets supporting the KDE macro system.

The tool parses macro definitions, resolves symbol dependencies across multiple input files, and generates compact bytecode interpretable by KDE's runtime macro engine. Macros could capture sequences of keystrokes, mouse events, or application commands for replay.

Usage typically involved recording macros via application interfaces, editing .kmc files manually, then compiling with komac before loading into apps. It supported verbose logging for debugging compilation issues.

Modern KDE Plasma has deprecated this system in favor of KGlobalAccel, QKeySequence, and scripting via JavaScript/Python, rendering komac obsolete.

Deprecated and removed from KDE 3+; unavailable in modern distributions. Requires legacy KDE libraries.

komac -v macros.kmc macros.kml
Compiles macros.kmc to macros.kml with verbose info.

Introduced with KDE 1.0 (1998) for macro support; enhanced in KDE 2.x; phased out by KDE 3.0 (2002) as scripting evolved.

kwrite(1), konsole(1), kglobalaccel(1)