[8fcc2c0] | 1 | <sect2><title>Contents of Kbd</title>
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| 3 | <para>Last checked against version &kbd-contversion;.</para>
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[bdc08c1] | 4 |
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| 5 | <sect3><title>Program Files</title>
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| 6 | <para>chvt, deallocvt, dumpkeys, fgconsole,
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| 7 | getkeycodes, getunimap, kbd_mode, kbdrate, loadkeys, loadunimap,
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| 8 | mapscrn, openvt, psfaddtable (link to psfxtable), psfgettable (link to
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| 9 | psfxtable), psfstriptable (link to psfxtable), psfxtable, resizecons,
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| 10 | setfont, setkeycodes, setleds, setlogcons,
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[74ab612] | 11 | setmetamode, setvesablank, showfont, showkey, unicode_start, and
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[bdc08c1] | 12 | unicode_stop</para></sect3>
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[5df2845] | 13 |
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[bdc08c1] | 14 | <sect3><title>Descriptions</title>
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[5df2845] | 15 |
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[bdc08c1] | 16 | <sect4><title>chvt</title>
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| 17 | <para>chvt changes foreground virtual terminal.</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 18 |
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[bdc08c1] | 19 | <sect4><title>deallocvt</title>
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| 20 | <para>deallocvt deallocates unused virtual terminals.</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 21 |
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[bdc08c1] | 22 | <sect4><title>dumpkeys</title>
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| 23 | <para>dumpkeys dumps keyboard translation tables.</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 24 |
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[bdc08c1] | 25 | <sect4><title>fgconsole</title>
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| 26 | <para>fgconsole prints the number of the active virtual terminal.</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 27 |
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[bdc08c1] | 28 | <sect4><title>getkeycodes</title>
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[53ad30a] | 29 | <para>getkeycodes prints the kernel scancode-to-keycode
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[bdc08c1] | 30 | mapping table.</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 31 |
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[bdc08c1] | 32 | <sect4><title>getunimap</title>
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| 33 | <para>getunimap prints the currently used unimap.</para></sect4>
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[74ab612] | 34 |
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[bdc08c1] | 35 | <sect4><title>kbd_mode</title>
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| 36 | <para>kbd_mode reports or sets the keyboard mode.</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 37 |
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[bdc08c1] | 38 | <sect4><title>kbdrate</title>
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| 39 | <para>kbdrate sets the keyboard repeat and delay rates.</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 40 |
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[bdc08c1] | 41 | <sect4><title>loadkeys</title>
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| 42 | <para>loadkeys loads keyboard translation tables.</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 43 |
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[bdc08c1] | 44 | <sect4><title>loadunimap</title>
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| 45 | <para>loadunimap loads the kernel unicode-to-font mapping table.</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 46 |
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[bdc08c1] | 47 | <sect4><title>mapscrn</title>
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[b822811] | 48 | <para>mapscrn loads a user defined output character
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[5df2845] | 49 | mapping table into the console driver. Note that it is obsolete and that its
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[bdc08c1] | 50 | features are built into setfont.</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 51 |
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[bdc08c1] | 52 | <sect4><title>openvt</title>
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[335838c] | 53 | <para>openvt starts a program on a new virtual terminal (VT).</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 54 |
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[bdc08c1] | 55 | <sect4><title>psfaddtable, psfgettable, psfstriptable, psfxtable</title>
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| 56 | <para>These are a set of tools for handling Unicode character tables for
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| 57 | console fonts.</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 58 |
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[bdc08c1] | 59 | <sect4><title>resizecons</title>
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| 60 | <para>resizecons changes the kernel idea of the console size.</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 61 |
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[bdc08c1] | 62 | <sect4><title>setfont</title>
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| 63 | <para>This lets you change the EGA/VGA fonts in console.</para></sect4>
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| 64 |
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| 65 | <sect4><title>setkeycodes</title>
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[53ad30a] | 66 | <para>setkeycodes loads kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping
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[bdc08c1] | 67 | table entries.</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 68 |
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[bdc08c1] | 69 | <sect4><title>setleds</title>
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[b822811] | 70 | <para>setleds sets the keyboard LEDs. Many people find it useful to have numlock
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| 71 | enabled by default, and it is by using this program that you can
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[bdc08c1] | 72 | achieve this.</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 73 |
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[bdc08c1] | 74 | <sect4><title>setlogcons</title>
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| 75 | <para>setlogcons sends kernel messages to the console.</para></sect4>
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[74ab612] | 76 |
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[bdc08c1] | 77 | <sect4><title>setmetamode</title>
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| 78 | <para>setmetamode defines the keyboard meta key handling.</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 79 |
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[bdc08c1] | 80 | <sect4><title>setvesablank</title>
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[b822811] | 81 | <para>This lets you fiddle with the built-in hardware screensaver
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[bdc08c1] | 82 | (not toasters, only a blank screen).</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 83 |
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[bdc08c1] | 84 | <sect4><title>showfont</title>
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[b822811] | 85 | <para>showfont displays data about a font. The information shown includes font
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[53ad30a] | 86 | information, font properties, character metrics, and
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[bdc08c1] | 87 | character bitmaps.</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 88 |
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[bdc08c1] | 89 | <sect4><title>showkey</title>
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[53ad30a] | 90 | <para>showkey examines the scancodes and keycodes sent by
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[bdc08c1] | 91 | the keyboard.</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 92 |
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[bdc08c1] | 93 | <sect4><title>unicode_start</title>
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| 94 | <para>unicode_start puts the console in Unicode mode.</para></sect4>
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[5df2845] | 95 |
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[bdc08c1] | 96 | <sect4><title>unicode_stop</title>
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[53ad30a] | 97 | <para>unicode_stop reverts keyboard and console from
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[bdc08c1] | 98 | unicode mode.</para></sect4>
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| 99 |
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| 100 | </sect3>
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[5df2845] | 101 |
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| 102 | </sect2>
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| 103 |
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