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Last change on this file since a062596 was a062596, checked in by Gerard Beekmans <gerard@…>, 21 years ago

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1<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
2
3<sect2><title>Short descriptions</title>
4
5<para><command>chvt</command> changes the foreground virtual terminal.</para>
6
7<para><command>deallocvt</command> deallocates unused virtual terminals.</para>
8
9<para><command>dumpkeys</command> dumps the keyboard translation tables.</para>
10
11<para><command>fgconsole</command> prints the number of the active virtual terminal.</para>
12
13<para><command>getkeycodes</command> prints the kernel scancode-to-keycode
14mapping table.</para>
15
16<para><command>getunimap</command> prints the currently used unimap.</para>
17
18<para><command>kbd_mode</command> reports or sets the keyboard mode.</para>
19
20<para><command>kbdrate</command> sets the keyboard repeat and delay rates.</para>
21
22<para><command>loadkeys</command> loads the keyboard translation tables.</para>
23
24<para><command>loadunimap</command> loads the kernel unicode-to-font mapping table.</para>
25
26<para><command>mapscrn</command> is an obsolete program that used to load
27a user-defined output character mapping table into the console driver. This is
28now done by setfont.</para>
29
30<para><command>openvt</command> starts a program on a new virtual terminal (VT).</para>
31
32<para><command>psf*</command> are a set of tools for handling Unicode
33character tables for console fonts.</para>
34
35<para><command>resizecons</command> changes the kernel idea of the console size.</para>
36
37<para><command>setfont</command> lets you change the EGA/VGA fonts on the console.</para>
38
39<para><command>setkeycodes</command> loads kernel scancode-to-keycode
40mapping table entries, useful if you have some unusual keys on your keyboard.</para>
41
42<para><command>setleds</command> sets the keyboard flags and LEDs. Many
43people find it useful to have NumLock on by default, setleds +num achieves this.</para>
44
45<para><command>setlogcons</command> sends kernel messages to the console.</para>
46
47<para><command>setmetamode</command> defines the keyboard meta key handling.</para>
48
49<para><command>setvesablank</command> lets you fiddle with the built-in
50hardware screensaver (no toasters, just a blank screen).</para>
51
52<para><command>showconsolefont</command> shows the current EGA/VGA console
53screen font.</para>
54
55<para><command>showkey</command> reports the scancodes and keycodes and
56ASCII codes of the keys pressed on the keyboard.</para>
57
58<para><command>unicode_start</command> puts the keyboard and console in
59unicode mode.</para>
60
61<para><command>unicode_stop</command> reverts keyboard and console from
62unicode mode.</para>
63
64</sect2>
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