| .\" @(#)kbd_mode.1 1.0 940406 aeb |
| .TH KBD_MODE 1 "6 Apr 1994" |
| .SH NAME |
| kbd_mode \- report or set the keyboard mode |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B kbd_mode |
| [ |
| .I -a | -u | -k | -s |
| ] [ |
| .I -f |
| ] [ |
| .I -C CONSOLE |
| ] |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .IX "kbd_mode command" "" "\fLkbd_mode\fR command" |
| .LP |
| Without argument, |
| .B kbd_mode |
| prints the current keyboard mode (RAW, MEDIUMRAW or XLATE). |
| With argument, it sets the keyboard mode as indicated: |
| .LP |
| \-s: scancode mode (RAW), |
| .LP |
| \-k: keycode mode (MEDIUMRAW), |
| .LP |
| \-a: ASCII mode (XLATE), |
| .LP |
| \-u: UTF-8 mode (UNICODE). |
| .LP |
| Of course the "\-a" is only traditional, and the code used can be any |
| 8-bit character set. With "\-u" a 16-bit character set is expected, |
| and these chars are transmitted to the kernel as 1, 2, or 3 bytes |
| (following the UTF-8 coding). |
| In these latter two modes the key mapping defined by loadkeys(1) |
| is used. |
| |
| kbd_mode operates on the console specified by the "\-C" option; if there |
| is none, the console associated with stdin is used. |
| |
| Warning: changing the keyboard mode, other than between ASCII and |
| Unicode, will probably make your keyboard unusable. Set the "\-f" option |
| to force such changes. |
| This command is only meant for use (say via remote login) |
| when some program left your keyboard in the wrong state. |
| Note that in some obsolete versions of this program the "\-u" |
| option was a synonym for "\-s" and older versions of this program may |
| not recognize the "\-f" option. |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| .BR loadkeys (1) |
| |