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[1770019] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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[673b0d8] | 3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 4 | %general-entities;
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| 5 | ]>
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[81fd230] | 6 | <sect1 id="ch-system-kbd" role="wrap">
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[673b0d8] | 7 | <title>Kbd-&kbd-version;</title>
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| 8 | <?dbhtml filename="kbd.html"?>
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[5df2845] | 9 |
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[673b0d8] | 10 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd"><primary sortas="a-Kbd">Kbd</primary></indexterm>
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[5888299] | 11 |
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[a001133] | 12 | <sect2 role="package"><title/>
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[81fd230] | 13 | <para>The Kbd package contains key-table files and keyboard utilities.</para>
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[673b0d8] | 14 |
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[a001133] | 15 | <segmentedlist>
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| 16 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 17 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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[fc1024a] | 18 | <seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>11.8 MB</seg></seglistitem>
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[a001133] | 19 | </segmentedlist>
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[673b0d8] | 20 |
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[81fd230] | 21 | <segmentedlist>
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[45992ae] | 22 | <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
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[81fd230] | 23 | <seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Bison, Coreutils,
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| 24 | Diffutils, Flex, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Gzip, M4, Make, and Sed</seg></seglistitem>
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| 25 | </segmentedlist>
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[a001133] | 26 | </sect2>
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[3554fa3a] | 27 |
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[a001133] | 28 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[73aedd1d] | 29 | <title>Installation of Kbd</title>
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| 30 |
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[9dfc02f] | 31 | <para>Prepare Kbd for compilation:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 32 |
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| 33 | <screen><userinput>./configure</userinput></screen>
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| 34 |
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| 35 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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| 36 |
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| 37 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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| 38 |
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[81fd230] | 39 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 40 |
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| 41 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 42 |
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| 43 | </sect2>
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[5df2845] | 44 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 45 | <sect2 id="contents-kbd" role="content"><title>Contents of Kbd</title>
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[673b0d8] | 46 |
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[81fd230] | 47 | <segmentedlist>
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| 48 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 49 | <seglistitem><seg>chvt, deallocvt, dumpkeys,
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| 50 | fgconsole, getkeycodes, getunimap, kbd_mode, kbdrate, loadkeys, loadunimap,
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| 51 | mapscrn, openvt, psfaddtable (link to psfxtable), psfgettable (link to
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| 52 | psfxtable), psfstriptable (link to psfxtable), psfxtable, resizecons,
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| 53 | setfont, setkeycodes, setleds, setlogcons, setmetamode, setvesablank,
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| 54 | showconsolefont, showkey, unicode_start, and unicode_stop</seg></seglistitem>
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| 55 | </segmentedlist>
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| 56 |
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| 57 | <variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 58 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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[8f97096] | 59 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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[81fd230] | 60 |
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| 61 | <varlistentry id="chvt">
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| 62 | <term><command>chvt</command></term>
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| 63 | <listitem>
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| 64 | <para>Changes the foreground virtual terminal</para>
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| 65 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd chvt"><primary sortas="b-chvt">chvt</primary></indexterm>
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| 66 | </listitem>
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| 67 | </varlistentry>
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| 68 |
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| 69 | <varlistentry id="deallocvt">
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| 70 | <term><command>deallocvt</command></term>
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| 71 | <listitem>
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| 72 | <para>Deallocates unused virtual terminals</para>
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| 73 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd deallocvt"><primary sortas="b-deallocvt">deallocvt</primary></indexterm>
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| 74 | </listitem>
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| 75 | </varlistentry>
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| 76 |
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| 77 | <varlistentry id="dumpkeys">
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| 78 | <term><command>dumpkeys</command></term>
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| 79 | <listitem>
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| 80 | <para>Dumps the keyboard translation tables</para>
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| 81 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd dumpkeys"><primary sortas="b-dumpkeys">dumpkeys</primary></indexterm>
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| 82 | </listitem>
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| 83 | </varlistentry>
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| 84 |
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| 85 | <varlistentry id="fgconsole">
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| 86 | <term><command>fgconsole</command></term>
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| 87 | <listitem>
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| 88 | <para>Prints the number of the active virtual terminal</para>
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| 89 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd fgconsole"><primary sortas="b-fgconsole">fgconsole</primary></indexterm>
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| 90 | </listitem>
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| 91 | </varlistentry>
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| 92 |
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| 93 | <varlistentry id="getkeycodes">
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| 94 | <term><command>getkeycodes</command></term>
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| 95 | <listitem>
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| 96 | <para>Prints the kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table</para>
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| 97 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd getkeycodes"><primary sortas="b-getkeycodes">getkeycodes</primary></indexterm>
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| 98 | </listitem>
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| 99 | </varlistentry>
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| 100 |
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| 101 | <varlistentry id="getunimap">
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| 102 | <term><command>getunimap</command></term>
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| 103 | <listitem>
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[90b56f5] | 104 | <para>Prints the currently used unicode-to-font mapping table</para>
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[81fd230] | 105 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd getunimap"><primary sortas="b-getunimap">getunimap</primary></indexterm>
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| 106 | </listitem>
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| 107 | </varlistentry>
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| 108 |
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| 109 | <varlistentry id="kbd_mode">
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| 110 | <term><command>kbd_mode</command></term>
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| 111 | <listitem>
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| 112 | <para>Reports or sets the keyboard mode</para>
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| 113 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd kbd_mode"><primary sortas="b-kbd_mode">kbd_mode</primary></indexterm>
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| 114 | </listitem>
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| 115 | </varlistentry>
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| 116 |
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| 117 | <varlistentry id="kbdrate">
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| 118 | <term><command>kbdrate</command></term>
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| 119 | <listitem>
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| 120 | <para>Sets the keyboard repeat and delay rates</para>
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| 121 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd kbdrate"><primary sortas="b-kbdrate">kbdrate</primary></indexterm>
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| 122 | </listitem>
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| 123 | </varlistentry>
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| 124 |
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| 125 | <varlistentry id="loadkeys">
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| 126 | <term><command>loadkeys</command></term>
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| 127 | <listitem>
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| 128 | <para>Loads the keyboard translation tables</para>
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| 129 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd loadkeys"><primary sortas="b-loadkeys">loadkeys</primary></indexterm>
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| 130 | </listitem>
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| 131 | </varlistentry>
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| 132 |
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| 133 | <varlistentry id="loadunimap">
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| 134 | <term><command>loadunimap</command></term>
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| 135 | <listitem>
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| 136 | <para>Loads the kernel unicode-to-font mapping table</para>
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| 137 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd loadunimap"><primary sortas="b-loadunimap">loadunimap</primary></indexterm>
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[57ef036] | 138 | <beginpage/></listitem>
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[81fd230] | 139 | </varlistentry>
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| 140 |
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| 141 | <varlistentry id="mapscrn">
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| 142 | <term><command>mapscrn</command></term>
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| 143 | <listitem>
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| 144 | <para>An obsolete program that used to load
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| 145 | a user-defined output character mapping table into the console driver; this is
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| 146 | now done by <command>setfont</command></para>
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| 147 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd mapscrn"><primary sortas="b-mapscrn">mapscrn</primary></indexterm>
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| 148 | </listitem>
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| 149 | </varlistentry>
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| 150 |
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| 151 | <varlistentry id="openvt">
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| 152 | <term><command>openvt</command></term>
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| 153 | <listitem>
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| 154 | <para>Starts a program on a new virtual terminal (VT)</para>
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| 155 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd openvt"><primary sortas="b-openvt">openvt</primary></indexterm>
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| 156 | </listitem>
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| 157 | </varlistentry>
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| 158 |
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| 159 | <varlistentry id="psfaddtable">
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| 160 | <term><command>psfaddtable</command></term>
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| 161 | <listitem>
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| 162 | <para>A link to <command>psfxtable</command></para>
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| 163 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd psfaddtable"><primary sortas="b-psfaddtable">psfaddtable</primary></indexterm>
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| 164 | </listitem>
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| 165 | </varlistentry>
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| 166 |
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| 167 | <varlistentry id="psfgettable">
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| 168 | <term><command>psfgettable</command></term>
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| 169 | <listitem>
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| 170 | <para>A link to <command>psfxtable</command></para>
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| 171 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd psfgettable"><primary sortas="b-psfgettable">psfgettable</primary></indexterm>
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| 172 | </listitem>
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| 173 | </varlistentry>
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| 174 |
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| 175 | <varlistentry id="psfstriptable">
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| 176 | <term><command>psfstriptable</command></term>
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| 177 | <listitem>
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| 178 | <para>A link to <command>psfxtable</command></para>
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| 179 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd psfstriptable"><primary sortas="b-psfstriptable">psfstriptable</primary></indexterm>
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| 180 | </listitem>
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| 181 | </varlistentry>
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| 182 |
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| 183 | <varlistentry id="psfxtable">
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| 184 | <term><command>psfxtable</command></term>
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| 185 | <listitem>
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| 186 | <para>Handle Unicode character tables for console fonts</para>
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| 187 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd psfxtable"><primary sortas="b-psfxtable">psfxtable</primary></indexterm>
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| 188 | </listitem>
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| 189 | </varlistentry>
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| 190 |
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| 191 | <varlistentry id="resizecons">
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| 192 | <term><command>resizecons</command></term>
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| 193 | <listitem>
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| 194 | <para>Changes the kernel idea of the console size</para>
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| 195 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd resizecons"><primary sortas="b-resizecons">resizecons</primary></indexterm>
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| 196 | </listitem>
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| 197 | </varlistentry>
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| 198 |
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| 199 | <varlistentry id="setfont">
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| 200 | <term><command>setfont</command></term>
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| 201 | <listitem>
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| 202 | <para>Changes the Enhanced Graphic Adapter (EGA) and Video Graphics
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| 203 | Array (VGA) fonts on the console</para>
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| 204 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setfont"><primary sortas="b-setfont">setfont</primary></indexterm>
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| 205 | </listitem>
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| 206 | </varlistentry>
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| 207 |
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| 208 | <varlistentry id="setkeycodes">
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| 209 | <term><command>setkeycodes</command></term>
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| 210 | <listitem>
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| 211 | <para>Loads kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table entries; this is
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| 212 | useful if there are unusual keys on the keyboard</para>
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| 213 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setkeycodes"><primary sortas="b-setkeycodes">setkeycodes</primary></indexterm>
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| 214 | </listitem>
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| 215 | </varlistentry>
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| 216 |
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| 217 | <varlistentry id="setleds">
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| 218 | <term><command>setleds</command></term>
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| 219 | <listitem>
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| 220 | <para>Sets the keyboard flags and Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)</para>
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| 221 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setleds"><primary sortas="b-setleds">setleds</primary></indexterm>
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| 222 | </listitem>
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| 223 | </varlistentry>
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| 224 |
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| 225 | <varlistentry id="setlogcons">
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| 226 | <term><command>setlogcons</command></term>
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| 227 | <listitem>
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| 228 | <para>Sends kernel messages to the console</para>
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| 229 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setlogcons"><primary sortas="b-setlogcons">setlogcons</primary></indexterm>
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| 230 | </listitem>
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| 231 | </varlistentry>
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| 232 |
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| 233 | <varlistentry id="setmetamode">
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| 234 | <term><command>setmetamode</command></term>
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| 235 | <listitem>
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| 236 | <para>Defines the keyboard meta-key handling</para>
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| 237 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setmetamode"><primary sortas="b-setmetamode">setmetamode</primary></indexterm>
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| 238 | </listitem>
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| 239 | </varlistentry>
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| 240 |
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| 241 | <varlistentry id="setvesablank">
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| 242 | <term><command>setvesablank</command></term>
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| 243 | <listitem>
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| 244 | <para>Lets the user adjust the built-in hardware screensaver (a blank
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| 245 | screen)</para>
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| 246 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setvesablank"><primary sortas="b-setvesablank">setvesablank</primary></indexterm>
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| 247 | </listitem>
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| 248 | </varlistentry>
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| 249 |
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| 250 | <varlistentry id="showconsolefont">
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| 251 | <term><command>showconsolefont</command></term>
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| 252 | <listitem>
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| 253 | <para>Shows the current EGA/VGA console screen font</para>
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| 254 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd showconsolefont"><primary sortas="b-showconsolefont">showconsolefont</primary></indexterm>
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| 255 | </listitem>
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| 256 | </varlistentry>
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| 257 |
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| 258 | <varlistentry id="showkey">
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| 259 | <term><command>showkey</command></term>
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| 260 | <listitem>
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| 261 | <para>Reports the scancodes, keycodes, and ASCII codes of the keys
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| 262 | pressed on the keyboard</para>
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| 263 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd showkey"><primary sortas="b-showkey">showkey</primary></indexterm>
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| 264 | </listitem>
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| 265 | </varlistentry>
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| 266 |
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| 267 | <varlistentry id="unicode_start">
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| 268 | <term><command>unicode_start</command></term>
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| 269 | <listitem>
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| 270 | <para>Puts the keyboard and console in UNICODE mode. Never use it on LFS,
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| 271 | because applications are not configured to support UNICODE.</para>
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| 272 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd unicode_start"><primary sortas="b-unicode_start">unicode_start</primary></indexterm>
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| 273 | </listitem>
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| 274 | </varlistentry>
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| 275 |
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| 276 | <varlistentry id="unicode_stop">
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| 277 | <term><command>unicode_stop</command></term>
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| 278 | <listitem>
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| 279 | <para>Reverts keyboard and console from UNICODE mode</para>
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| 280 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd unicode_stop"><primary sortas="b-unicode_stop">unicode_stop</primary></indexterm>
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| 281 | </listitem>
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| 282 | </varlistentry>
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| 283 | </variablelist>
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