Describe current keymap

[Will]

Hi,

I am working over a ssh console/X-Window with a Linux server from 
several clients with different keyboards and with different OS's. 
Therefore, special characters are located on varying keys. As I am 
always working with the remote emacs clients I wonder whether Emacs 
knows about this issues and can describe the current keyboard layout, 
e.g. similar to <quail-show-keyboard-layout> (not working).

Thanks in advance,

Will