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 Note that it is obsolete and that its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