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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 | ]>
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| 7 |
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| 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-kbd" role="wrap">
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| 9 | <?dbhtml filename="kbd.html"?>
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| 10 |
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| 11 | <sect1info condition="script">
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| 12 | <productname>kbd</productname>
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| 13 | <productnumber>&kbd-version;</productnumber>
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| 14 | <address>&kbd-url;</address>
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| 15 | </sect1info>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <title>Kbd-&kbd-version;</title>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd">
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| 20 | <primary sortas="a-Kbd">Kbd</primary>
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| 21 | </indexterm>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 24 | <title/>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <para>The Kbd package contains key-table files, console fonts, and keyboard
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| 27 | utilities.</para>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <segmentedlist>
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| 30 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 31 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <seglistitem>
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| 34 | <seg>&kbd-ch6-sbu;</seg>
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| 35 | <seg>&kbd-ch6-du;</seg>
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| 36 | </seglistitem>
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| 37 | </segmentedlist>
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| 38 |
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| 39 | </sect2>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 42 | <title>Installation of Kbd</title>
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| 43 |
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| 44 | <para>The behaviour of the Backspace and Delete keys is not consistent
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| 45 | across the keymaps in the Kbd package. The following patch fixes this
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| 46 | issue for i386 keymaps:</para>
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| 47 |
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| 48 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&kbd-backspace-patch;</userinput></screen>
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| 49 |
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| 50 | <para>After patching, the Backspace key generates the character with code 127,
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| 51 | and the Delete key generates a well-known escape sequence.</para>
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| 52 |
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| 53 | <para>Fix a bug that causes some keymaps not to be loaded correctly:</para>
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| 54 |
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| 55 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i -e '326 s/if/while/' src/loadkeys.analyze.l</userinput></screen>
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| 56 |
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| 57 | <para>Prepare Kbd for compilation:</para>
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| 58 |
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| 59 | <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --datadir=/lib/kbd --disable-vlock</userinput></screen>
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| 60 |
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| 61 | <variablelist>
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| 62 | <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
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| 63 |
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| 64 | <varlistentry>
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| 65 | <term><parameter>--datadir=/lib/kbd</parameter></term>
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| 66 | <listitem>
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| 67 | <para>This option puts keyboard layout data in a directory that will
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| 68 | always be on the root partition instead of the default <filename
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| 69 | class="directory">/usr/share/kbd</filename>.</para>
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| 70 | </listitem>
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| 71 | </varlistentry>
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| 72 |
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| 73 | <varlistentry>
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| 74 | <term><parameter>--disable-vlock</parameter></term>
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| 75 | <listitem>
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| 76 | <para>This option prevents the vlock utility from being built, as it
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| 77 | requires the PAM library, which isn't available in the chroot
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| 78 | environment.</para>
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| 79 | </listitem>
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| 80 | </varlistentry>
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| 81 |
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| 82 | </variablelist>
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| 83 |
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| 84 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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| 85 |
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| 86 | <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
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| 87 |
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| 88 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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| 91 |
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| 92 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
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| 93 |
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| 94 | <note>
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| 95 | <para>For some languages (e.g., Belarusian) the Kbd package doesn't
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| 96 | provide a useful keymap where the stock <quote>by</quote> keymap assumes
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| 97 | the ISO-8859-5 encoding, and the CP1251 keymap is normally used. Users of
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| 98 | such languages have to download working keymaps separately.</para>
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| 99 | </note>
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| 100 |
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| 101 | <para>Some of the scripts in the LFS-Bootscripts package depend on
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| 102 | <command>kbd_mode</command>, <command>loadkeys</command>,
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| 103 | <command>openvt</command>, and
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| 104 | <command>setfont</command>. As <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>
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| 105 | may not be available during the early stages of booting, those binaries
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| 106 | need to be on the root partition:</para>
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| 107 |
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| 108 | <screen><userinput remap="install">mv -v /usr/bin/{kbd_mode,loadkeys,openvt,setfont} /bin</userinput></screen>
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| 109 |
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| 110 | <para>If desired, install the documentation:</para>
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| 111 |
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| 112 | <screen><userinput remap="install">mkdir -v /usr/share/doc/kbd-&kbd-version;
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| 113 | cp -R -v doc/* \
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| 114 | /usr/share/doc/kbd-&kbd-version;</userinput></screen>
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| 115 |
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| 116 | </sect2>
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| 117 |
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| 118 | <sect2 id="contents-kbd" role="content">
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| 119 | <title>Contents of Kbd</title>
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| 120 |
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| 121 | <segmentedlist>
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| 122 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 123 | <segtitle>Installed directory</segtitle>
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| 124 |
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| 125 | <seglistitem>
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| 126 | <seg>chvt, deallocvt, dumpkeys, fgconsole, getkeycodes, kbdinfo,
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| 127 | kbd_mode, kbdrate, loadkeys, loadunimap,
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| 128 | mapscrn, openvt, psfaddtable (link to psfxtable), psfgettable (link to
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| 129 | psfxtable), psfstriptable (link to psfxtable), psfxtable, resizecons,
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| 130 | setfont, setkeycodes, setleds, setmetamode,
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| 131 | showconsolefont, showkey, unicode_start, and unicode_stop</seg>
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| 132 | <seg>/lib/kbd</seg>
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| 133 | </seglistitem>
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| 134 | </segmentedlist>
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| 135 |
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| 136 | <variablelist>
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| 137 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 138 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 139 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 140 |
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| 141 | <varlistentry id="chvt">
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| 142 | <term><command>chvt</command></term>
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| 143 | <listitem>
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| 144 | <para>Changes the foreground virtual terminal</para>
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| 145 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd chvt">
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| 146 | <primary sortas="b-chvt">chvt</primary>
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| 147 | </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="deallocvt">
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| 152 | <term><command>deallocvt</command></term>
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| 153 | <listitem>
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| 154 | <para>Deallocates unused virtual terminals</para>
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| 155 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd deallocvt">
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| 156 | <primary sortas="b-deallocvt">deallocvt</primary>
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| 157 | </indexterm>
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| 158 | </listitem>
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| 159 | </varlistentry>
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| 160 |
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| 161 | <varlistentry id="dumpkeys">
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| 162 | <term><command>dumpkeys</command></term>
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| 163 | <listitem>
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| 164 | <para>Dumps the keyboard translation tables</para>
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| 165 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd dumpkeys">
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| 166 | <primary sortas="b-dumpkeys">dumpkeys</primary>
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| 167 | </indexterm>
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| 168 | </listitem>
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| 169 | </varlistentry>
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| 170 |
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| 171 | <varlistentry id="fgconsole">
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| 172 | <term><command>fgconsole</command></term>
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| 173 | <listitem>
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| 174 | <para>Prints the number of the active virtual terminal</para>
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| 175 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd fgconsole">
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| 176 | <primary sortas="b-fgconsole">fgconsole</primary>
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| 177 | </indexterm>
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| 178 | </listitem>
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| 179 | </varlistentry>
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| 180 |
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| 181 | <varlistentry id="getkeycodes">
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| 182 | <term><command>getkeycodes</command></term>
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| 183 | <listitem>
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| 184 | <para>Prints the kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table</para>
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| 185 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd getkeycodes">
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| 186 | <primary sortas="b-getkeycodes">getkeycodes</primary>
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| 187 | </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="kbdinfo">
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| 192 | <term><command>kbdinfo</command></term>
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| 193 | <listitem>
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| 194 | <para>Obtains information about the status of a console</para>
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| 195 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd kbdinfo">
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| 196 | <primary sortas="b-kbdinfo">kbdinfo</primary>
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| 197 | </indexterm>
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| 198 | </listitem>
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| 199 | </varlistentry>
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| 200 |
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| 201 | <varlistentry id="kbd_mode">
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| 202 | <term><command>kbd_mode</command></term>
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| 203 | <listitem>
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| 204 | <para>Reports or sets the keyboard mode</para>
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| 205 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd kbd_mode">
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| 206 | <primary sortas="b-kbd_mode">kbd_mode</primary>
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| 207 | </indexterm>
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| 208 | </listitem>
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| 209 | </varlistentry>
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| 210 |
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| 211 | <varlistentry id="kbdrate">
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| 212 | <term><command>kbdrate</command></term>
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| 213 | <listitem>
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| 214 | <para>Sets the keyboard repeat and delay rates</para>
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| 215 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd kbdrate">
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| 216 | <primary sortas="b-kbdrate">kbdrate</primary>
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| 217 | </indexterm>
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| 218 | </listitem>
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| 219 | </varlistentry>
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| 220 |
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| 221 | <varlistentry id="loadkeys">
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| 222 | <term><command>loadkeys</command></term>
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| 223 | <listitem>
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| 224 | <para>Loads the keyboard translation tables</para>
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| 225 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd loadkeys">
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| 226 | <primary sortas="b-loadkeys">loadkeys</primary>
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| 227 | </indexterm>
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| 228 | </listitem>
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| 229 | </varlistentry>
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| 230 |
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| 231 | <varlistentry id="loadunimap">
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| 232 | <term><command>loadunimap</command></term>
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| 233 | <listitem>
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| 234 | <para>Loads the kernel unicode-to-font mapping table</para>
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| 235 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd loadunimap">
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| 236 | <primary sortas="b-loadunimap">loadunimap</primary>
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| 237 | </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="mapscrn">
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| 242 | <term><command>mapscrn</command></term>
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| 243 | <listitem>
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| 244 | <para>An obsolete program that used to load a user-defined output
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| 245 | character mapping table into the console driver; this is now done
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| 246 | by <command>setfont</command></para>
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| 247 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd mapscrn">
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| 248 | <primary sortas="b-mapscrn">mapscrn</primary>
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| 249 | </indexterm>
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| 250 | </listitem>
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| 251 | </varlistentry>
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| 252 |
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| 253 | <varlistentry id="openvt">
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| 254 | <term><command>openvt</command></term>
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| 255 | <listitem>
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| 256 | <para>Starts a program on a new virtual terminal (VT)</para>
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| 257 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd openvt">
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| 258 | <primary sortas="b-openvt">openvt</primary>
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| 259 | </indexterm>
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| 260 | </listitem>
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| 261 | </varlistentry>
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| 262 |
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| 263 | <varlistentry id="psfaddtable">
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| 264 | <term><command>psfaddtable</command></term>
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| 265 | <listitem>
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| 266 | <para>A link to <command>psfxtable</command></para>
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| 267 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd psfaddtable">
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| 268 | <primary sortas="b-psfaddtable">psfaddtable</primary>
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| 269 | </indexterm>
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| 270 | </listitem>
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| 271 | </varlistentry>
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| 272 |
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| 273 | <varlistentry id="psfgettable">
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| 274 | <term><command>psfgettable</command></term>
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| 275 | <listitem>
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| 276 | <para>A link to <command>psfxtable</command></para>
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| 277 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd psfgettable">
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| 278 | <primary sortas="b-psfgettable">psfgettable</primary>
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| 279 | </indexterm>
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| 280 | </listitem>
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| 281 | </varlistentry>
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| 282 |
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| 283 | <varlistentry id="psfstriptable">
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| 284 | <term><command>psfstriptable</command></term>
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| 285 | <listitem>
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| 286 | <para>A link to <command>psfxtable</command></para>
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| 287 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd psfstriptable">
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| 288 | <primary sortas="b-psfstriptable">psfstriptable</primary>
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| 289 | </indexterm>
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| 290 | </listitem>
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| 291 | </varlistentry>
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| 292 |
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| 293 | <varlistentry id="psfxtable">
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| 294 | <term><command>psfxtable</command></term>
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| 295 | <listitem>
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| 296 | <para>Handle Unicode character tables for console fonts</para>
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| 297 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd psfxtable">
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| 298 | <primary sortas="b-psfxtable">psfxtable</primary>
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| 299 | </indexterm>
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| 300 | </listitem>
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| 301 | </varlistentry>
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| 302 |
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| 303 | <varlistentry id="resizecons">
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| 304 | <term><command>resizecons</command></term>
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| 305 | <listitem>
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| 306 | <para>Changes the kernel idea of the console size</para>
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| 307 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd resizecons">
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| 308 | <primary sortas="b-resizecons">resizecons</primary>
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| 309 | </indexterm>
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| 310 | </listitem>
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| 311 | </varlistentry>
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| 312 |
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| 313 | <varlistentry id="setfont">
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| 314 | <term><command>setfont</command></term>
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| 315 | <listitem>
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| 316 | <para>Changes the Enhanced Graphic Adapter (EGA) and Video Graphics
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| 317 | Array (VGA) fonts on the console</para>
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| 318 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setfont">
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| 319 | <primary sortas="b-setfont">setfont</primary>
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| 320 | </indexterm>
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| 321 | </listitem>
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| 322 | </varlistentry>
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| 323 |
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| 324 | <varlistentry id="setkeycodes">
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| 325 | <term><command>setkeycodes</command></term>
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| 326 | <listitem>
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| 327 | <para>Loads kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table entries; this is
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| 328 | useful if there are unusual keys on the keyboard</para>
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| 329 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setkeycodes">
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| 330 | <primary sortas="b-setkeycodes">setkeycodes</primary>
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| 331 | </indexterm>
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| 332 | </listitem>
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| 333 | </varlistentry>
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| 334 |
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| 335 | <varlistentry id="setleds">
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| 336 | <term><command>setleds</command></term>
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| 337 | <listitem>
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| 338 | <para>Sets the keyboard flags and Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)</para>
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| 339 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setleds">
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| 340 | <primary sortas="b-setleds">setleds</primary>
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| 341 | </indexterm>
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| 342 | </listitem>
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| 343 | </varlistentry>
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| 344 |
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| 345 | <varlistentry id="setmetamode">
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| 346 | <term><command>setmetamode</command></term>
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| 347 | <listitem>
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| 348 | <para>Defines the keyboard meta-key handling</para>
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| 349 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setmetamode">
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| 350 | <primary sortas="b-setmetamode">setmetamode</primary>
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| 351 | </indexterm>
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| 352 | </listitem>
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| 353 | </varlistentry>
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| 354 |
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| 355 | <varlistentry id="showconsolefont">
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| 356 | <term><command>showconsolefont</command></term>
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| 357 | <listitem>
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| 358 | <para>Shows the current EGA/VGA console screen font</para>
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| 359 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd showconsolefont">
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| 360 | <primary sortas="b-showconsolefont">showconsolefont</primary>
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| 361 | </indexterm>
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| 362 | </listitem>
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| 363 | </varlistentry>
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| 364 |
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| 365 | <varlistentry id="showkey">
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| 366 | <term><command>showkey</command></term>
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| 367 | <listitem>
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| 368 | <para>Reports the scancodes, keycodes, and ASCII codes of the keys
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| 369 | pressed on the keyboard</para>
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| 370 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd showkey">
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| 371 | <primary sortas="b-showkey">showkey</primary>
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| 372 | </indexterm>
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| 373 | </listitem>
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| 374 | </varlistentry>
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| 375 |
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| 376 | <varlistentry id="unicode_start">
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| 377 | <term><command>unicode_start</command></term>
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| 378 | <listitem>
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| 379 | <para>Puts the keyboard and console in UNICODE mode. Don't use this
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| 380 | program unless your keymap file is in the ISO-8859-1 encoding. For
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| 381 | other encodings, this utility produces incorrect results.</para>
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| 382 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd unicode_start">
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| 383 | <primary sortas="b-unicode_start">unicode_start</primary>
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| 384 | </indexterm>
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| 385 | </listitem>
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| 386 | </varlistentry>
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| 387 |
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| 388 | <varlistentry id="unicode_stop">
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| 389 | <term><command>unicode_stop</command></term>
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| 390 | <listitem>
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| 391 | <para>Reverts keyboard and console from UNICODE mode</para>
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| 392 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd unicode_stop">
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| 393 | <primary sortas="b-unicode_stop">unicode_stop</primary>
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| 394 | </indexterm>
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| 395 | </listitem>
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| 396 | </varlistentry>
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| 397 |
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| 398 | </variablelist>
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| 399 |
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| 400 | </sect2>
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| 401 |
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| 402 | </sect1>
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