[5406b13] | 1 | <sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2>
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[5406b13] | 3 | <sect2><title>Descriptions</title>
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[bdc08c1] | 4 |
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[5406b13] | 5 | <para>Last checked against version &kbd-contversion;.</para>
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[5df2845] | 6 |
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[5406b13] | 7 | <sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title>
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[5df2845] | 8 |
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[bdc08c1] | 9 | <sect4><title>chvt</title>
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| 10 | <para>chvt changes foreground virtual terminal.</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 11 |
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[bdc08c1] | 12 | <sect4><title>deallocvt</title>
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| 13 | <para>deallocvt deallocates unused virtual terminals.</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 14 |
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[bdc08c1] | 15 | <sect4><title>dumpkeys</title>
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| 16 | <para>dumpkeys dumps keyboard translation tables.</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 17 |
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[bdc08c1] | 18 | <sect4><title>fgconsole</title>
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| 19 | <para>fgconsole prints the number of the active virtual terminal.</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 20 |
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[bdc08c1] | 21 | <sect4><title>getkeycodes</title>
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[53ad30a] | 22 | <para>getkeycodes prints the kernel scancode-to-keycode
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[bdc08c1] | 23 | mapping table.</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 24 |
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[bdc08c1] | 25 | <sect4><title>getunimap</title>
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| 26 | <para>getunimap prints the currently used unimap.</para></sect4>
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[74ab612] | 27 |
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[bdc08c1] | 28 | <sect4><title>kbd_mode</title>
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| 29 | <para>kbd_mode reports or sets the keyboard mode.</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 30 |
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[bdc08c1] | 31 | <sect4><title>kbdrate</title>
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| 32 | <para>kbdrate sets the keyboard repeat and delay rates.</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 33 |
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[bdc08c1] | 34 | <sect4><title>loadkeys</title>
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| 35 | <para>loadkeys loads keyboard translation tables.</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 36 |
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[bdc08c1] | 37 | <sect4><title>loadunimap</title>
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| 38 | <para>loadunimap loads the kernel unicode-to-font mapping table.</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 39 |
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[bdc08c1] | 40 | <sect4><title>mapscrn</title>
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[b822811] | 41 | <para>mapscrn loads a user defined output character
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[5df2845] | 42 | mapping table into the console driver. Note that it is obsolete and that its
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[bdc08c1] | 43 | features are built into setfont.</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 44 |
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[bdc08c1] | 45 | <sect4><title>openvt</title>
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[335838c] | 46 | <para>openvt starts a program on a new virtual terminal (VT).</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 47 |
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[bdc08c1] | 48 | <sect4><title>psfaddtable, psfgettable, psfstriptable, psfxtable</title>
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| 49 | <para>These are a set of tools for handling Unicode character tables for
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| 50 | console fonts.</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 51 |
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[bdc08c1] | 52 | <sect4><title>resizecons</title>
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| 53 | <para>resizecons changes the kernel idea of the console size.</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 54 |
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[bdc08c1] | 55 | <sect4><title>setfont</title>
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| 56 | <para>This lets you change the EGA/VGA fonts in console.</para></sect4>
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| 57 |
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| 58 | <sect4><title>setkeycodes</title>
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[53ad30a] | 59 | <para>setkeycodes loads kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping
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[bdc08c1] | 60 | table entries.</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 61 |
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[bdc08c1] | 62 | <sect4><title>setleds</title>
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[b822811] | 63 | <para>setleds sets the keyboard LEDs. Many people find it useful to have numlock
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[2c094d6] | 64 | enabled by default and, by using this program, you can
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[bdc08c1] | 65 | achieve this.</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 66 |
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[bdc08c1] | 67 | <sect4><title>setlogcons</title>
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| 68 | <para>setlogcons sends kernel messages to the console.</para></sect4>
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[74ab612] | 69 |
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[bdc08c1] | 70 | <sect4><title>setmetamode</title>
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| 71 | <para>setmetamode defines the keyboard meta key handling.</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 72 |
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[bdc08c1] | 73 | <sect4><title>setvesablank</title>
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[b822811] | 74 | <para>This lets you fiddle with the built-in hardware screensaver
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[bdc08c1] | 75 | (not toasters, only a blank screen).</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 76 |
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[bdc08c1] | 77 | <sect4><title>showfont</title>
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[b822811] | 78 | <para>showfont displays data about a font. The information shown includes font
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[2c094d6] | 79 | information, font properties, character metrics and
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[bdc08c1] | 80 | character bitmaps.</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 81 |
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[bdc08c1] | 82 | <sect4><title>showkey</title>
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[53ad30a] | 83 | <para>showkey examines the scancodes and keycodes sent by
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[bdc08c1] | 84 | the keyboard.</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 85 |
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[bdc08c1] | 86 | <sect4><title>unicode_start</title>
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| 87 | <para>unicode_start puts the console in Unicode mode.</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 88 |
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[bdc08c1] | 89 | <sect4><title>unicode_stop</title>
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[53ad30a] | 90 | <para>unicode_stop reverts keyboard and console from
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[bdc08c1] | 91 | unicode mode.</para></sect4>
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| 92 |
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| 93 | </sect3>
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[5df2845] | 94 |
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| 95 | </sect2>
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