source: appendixa/kbd-desc.xml@ 69f8606d

<sect2><title>Contents of Kbd</title>

<para>Last checked against version &kbd-contversion;.</para>

<sect3><title>Program Files</title>
<para>chvt, deallocvt, dumpkeys, fgconsole, 
getkeycodes, getunimap, kbd_mode, kbdrate, loadkeys, loadunimap,
mapscrn, openvt, psfaddtable (link to psfxtable), psfgettable (link to
psfxtable), psfstriptable (link to psfxtable), psfxtable, resizecons, 
setfont, setkeycodes, setleds, setlogcons,
setmetamode, setvesablank, showfont, showkey, unicode_start, and
unicode_stop</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>Descriptions</title>

<sect4><title>chvt</title>
<para>chvt changes foreground virtual terminal.</para></sect4>

<sect4><title>deallocvt</title>
<para>deallocvt deallocates unused virtual terminals.</para></sect4>

<sect4><title>dumpkeys</title>
<para>dumpkeys dumps keyboard translation tables.</para></sect4>

<sect4><title>fgconsole</title>
<para>fgconsole prints the number of the active virtual terminal.</para></sect4>

<sect4><title>getkeycodes</title>
<para>getkeycodes prints the kernel scancode-to-keycode 
mapping table.</para></sect4>

<sect4><title>getunimap</title>
<para>getunimap prints the currently used unimap.</para></sect4>

<sect4><title>kbd_mode</title>
<para>kbd_mode reports or sets the keyboard mode.</para></sect4>

<sect4><title>kbdrate</title>
<para>kbdrate sets the keyboard repeat and delay rates.</para></sect4>

<sect4><title>loadkeys</title>
<para>loadkeys loads keyboard translation tables.</para></sect4>

<sect4><title>loadunimap</title>
<para>loadunimap loads the kernel unicode-to-font mapping table.</para></sect4>

<sect4><title>mapscrn</title>
<para>mapscrn loads a user defined output character
mapping table into the console driver. Note that it is obsolete and that its
features are built into setfont.</para></sect4>

<sect4><title>openvt</title>
<para>openvt starts a program on a new virtual terminal (VT).</para></sect4>

<sect4><title>psfaddtable, psfgettable, psfstriptable, psfxtable</title>
<para>These are a set of tools for handling Unicode character tables for 
console fonts.</para></sect4>

<sect4><title>resizecons</title>
<para>resizecons changes the kernel idea of the console size.</para></sect4>

<sect4><title>setfont</title>
<para>This lets you change the EGA/VGA fonts in console.</para></sect4>

<sect4><title>setkeycodes</title>
<para>setkeycodes loads kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping 
table entries.</para></sect4>

<sect4><title>setleds</title>
<para>setleds sets the keyboard LEDs. Many people find it useful to have numlock
enabled by default, and it is by using this program that you can 
achieve this.</para></sect4>

<sect4><title>setlogcons</title>
<para>setlogcons sends kernel messages to the console.</para></sect4>

<sect4><title>setmetamode</title>
<para>setmetamode defines the keyboard meta key handling.</para></sect4>

<sect4><title>setvesablank</title>
<para>This lets you fiddle with the built-in hardware screensaver 
(not toasters, only a blank screen).</para></sect4>

<sect4><title>showfont</title>
<para>showfont displays data about a font. The information shown includes font
information, font properties, character metrics, and 
character bitmaps.</para></sect4>

<sect4><title>showkey</title>
<para>showkey examines the scancodes and keycodes sent by 
the keyboard.</para></sect4>

<sect4><title>unicode_start</title>
<para>unicode_start puts the console in Unicode mode.</para></sect4>

<sect4><title>unicode_stop</title>
<para>unicode_stop reverts keyboard and console from 
unicode mode.</para></sect4>

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