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 <P>The following packages contain keyboard or console related programs.
 <P><CODE>kbd-1.06.tar.gz</CODE> contains <CODE>loadkeys</CODE>, <CODE>dumpkeys</CODE>, <CODE>showkey</CODE>,
 <CODE>setmetamode</CODE>, <CODE>setleds</CODE>, <CODE>setfont</CODE>, <CODE>showconsolefont</CODE>,
 <CODE>mapscrn</CODE>, <CODE>kbd_mode</CODE>, <CODE>kbdrate</CODE>, <CODE>loadunimap</CODE>, <CODE>chvt</CODE>,
 <CODE>resizecons</CODE>, <CODE>deallocvt</CODE>, <CODE>getkeycodes</CODE>, <CODE>setkeycodes</CODE>.
 It also contains <CODE>openvt</CODE>, formerly called <CODE>open</CODE>.
 <P>There exists a clone of the kbd package, namely <CODE>console-tools</CODE>,
 that contains more or less the same stuff. The latest version,
 <CODE>console-tools-0.3.3</CODE> is roughly up-to-date with <CODE>kbd-0.99</CODE>.
 <P><CODE>SVGATextMode-1.10</CODE> contains <CODE>SVGATextMode</CODE>, a program that
 obsoletes <CODE>resizecons</CODE>.
 <P><CODE>util-linux-2.11</CODE> contains <CODE>setterm</CODE>.
 <P><CODE>sh-utils-1.12</CODE> contains <CODE>stty</CODE>.
 <P>See also <CODE>dynamic-vc-1.2.tar.gz</CODE> and <CODE>consd-1.3.tgz</CODE> for
 programs that exploit the `Keyboard Signal' key. Very primitive
 versions are <CODE>spawn_login</CODE> or <CODE>spawn_console</CODE> found in the kbd package.
 <P>See
 <A HREF="http://www.cix.co.uk/~mayday/font.tgz">font.tgz</A>
 for a package that handles console fonts.
 <P>Packages like <CODE>recode</CODE> and <CODE>konwert-1.8</CODE> allow one to convert
 between different character encodings.
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 <P>The X distribution contains <CODE>xmodmap</CODE>, <CODE>xset</CODE>, <CODE>kbd_mode</CODE>.
 (See also X386keybd(1) for the situation under XFree86 1.3,
 and Xserver(1) for the XKEYBOARD extension under X11R6.)
 A handy interface to <CODE>xmodmap</CODE> is <CODE>xkeycaps</CODE>, see
 <A HREF="www.jwz.org/xkeycaps/">http://www.jwz.org/xkeycaps/</A>.
 <P><CODE>termcap-2.0.8.tar.gz</CODE> contains <CODE>termcap</CODE>, an old terminal
 capabilities data base. <CODE>ncurses-1.9.9e.tar.gz</CODE> contains the
 <CODE>termlib</CODE> data base which obsoletes <CODE>termcap</CODE>. (However,
 there are still many programs using <CODE>termcap</CODE>.)
 <P>See loadkeys(1), setleds(1) and setmetamode(1) for the codes generated by the
 various keys and the setting of leds when not under X. Under X, see xmodmap(1)
 and xset(1).
 <P>See setfont(8) for loading console fonts. Many people will want to
 load a font like <CODE>iso01.f16</CODE> because the default font is the
 hardware font of the video card, and often is a `Code Page 437' font
 missing accented characters and other Latin-1 symbols.
 <P>See setterm(1) and kbdrate(8) for properties such as foreground and background
 colors, screen blanking and character repeat rate when not under X.
 Under X, see xset(1), also for key click and bell volume.
 <P>The file <CODE>/etc/termcap</CODE> defines the escape sequences
 used by many programs addressing the console (or any other terminal).
 See termcap(5).
 A more modern version is found in <CODE>/usr/lib/terminfo</CODE>.
 See terminfo(5). Terminfo files are compiled
 by the terminfo compiler <CODE>/usr/lib/terminfo/tic</CODE>, see tic(1).
 Their contents can be examined using the program <CODE>infocmp</CODE>,
 see infocmp(1).
 <P>The Linux console sequences are documented in console_codes(4).
 <P>The package <CODE>funkey</CODE> by Rick van Rein provides support
 for all these new keys modern keyboards have. See
 <A HREF="http://rick.vanrein.org/linux/funkey">rick.vanrein.org/linux/funkey</A>.
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	<P>The following packages contain keyboard or console related programs.
	<P><CODE>kbd-1.06.tar.gz</CODE> contains <CODE>loadkeys</CODE>, <CODE>dumpkeys</CODE>, <CODE>showkey</CODE>,
	<CODE>setmetamode</CODE>, <CODE>setleds</CODE>, <CODE>setfont</CODE>, <CODE>showconsolefont</CODE>,
	<CODE>mapscrn</CODE>, <CODE>kbd_mode</CODE>, <CODE>kbdrate</CODE>, <CODE>loadunimap</CODE>, <CODE>chvt</CODE>,
	<CODE>resizecons</CODE>, <CODE>deallocvt</CODE>, <CODE>getkeycodes</CODE>, <CODE>setkeycodes</CODE>.
	It also contains <CODE>openvt</CODE>, formerly called <CODE>open</CODE>.
	<P>There exists a clone of the kbd package, namely <CODE>console-tools</CODE>,
	that contains more or less the same stuff. The latest version,
	<CODE>console-tools-0.3.3</CODE> is roughly up-to-date with <CODE>kbd-0.99</CODE>.
	<P><CODE>SVGATextMode-1.10</CODE> contains <CODE>SVGATextMode</CODE>, a program that
	obsoletes <CODE>resizecons</CODE>.
	<P><CODE>util-linux-2.11</CODE> contains <CODE>setterm</CODE>.
	<P><CODE>sh-utils-1.12</CODE> contains <CODE>stty</CODE>.
	<P>See also <CODE>dynamic-vc-1.2.tar.gz</CODE> and <CODE>consd-1.3.tgz</CODE> for
	programs that exploit the `Keyboard Signal' key. Very primitive
	versions are <CODE>spawn_login</CODE> or <CODE>spawn_console</CODE> found in the kbd package.
	<P>See
	<A HREF="http://www.cix.co.uk/~mayday/font.tgz">font.tgz</A>
	for a package that handles console fonts.
	<P>Packages like <CODE>recode</CODE> and <CODE>konwert-1.8</CODE> allow one to convert
	between different character encodings.
	<P>
	<P>The X distribution contains <CODE>xmodmap</CODE>, <CODE>xset</CODE>, <CODE>kbd_mode</CODE>.
	(See also X386keybd(1) for the situation under XFree86 1.3,
	and Xserver(1) for the XKEYBOARD extension under X11R6.)
	A handy interface to <CODE>xmodmap</CODE> is <CODE>xkeycaps</CODE>, see
	<A HREF="www.jwz.org/xkeycaps/">http://www.jwz.org/xkeycaps/</A>.
	<P><CODE>termcap-2.0.8.tar.gz</CODE> contains <CODE>termcap</CODE>, an old terminal
	capabilities data base. <CODE>ncurses-1.9.9e.tar.gz</CODE> contains the
	<CODE>termlib</CODE> data base which obsoletes <CODE>termcap</CODE>. (However,
	there are still many programs using <CODE>termcap</CODE>.)
	<P>See loadkeys(1), setleds(1) and setmetamode(1) for the codes generated by the
	various keys and the setting of leds when not under X. Under X, see xmodmap(1)
	and xset(1).
	<P>See setfont(8) for loading console fonts. Many people will want to
	load a font like <CODE>iso01.f16</CODE> because the default font is the
	hardware font of the video card, and often is a `Code Page 437' font
	missing accented characters and other Latin-1 symbols.
	<P>See setterm(1) and kbdrate(8) for properties such as foreground and background
	colors, screen blanking and character repeat rate when not under X.
	Under X, see xset(1), also for key click and bell volume.
	<P>The file <CODE>/etc/termcap</CODE> defines the escape sequences
	used by many programs addressing the console (or any other terminal).
	See termcap(5).
	A more modern version is found in <CODE>/usr/lib/terminfo</CODE>.
	See terminfo(5). Terminfo files are compiled
	by the terminfo compiler <CODE>/usr/lib/terminfo/tic</CODE>, see tic(1).
	Their contents can be examined using the program <CODE>infocmp</CODE>,
	see infocmp(1).
	<P>The Linux console sequences are documented in console_codes(4).
	<P>The package <CODE>funkey</CODE> by Rick van Rein provides support
	for all these new keys modern keyboards have. See
	<A HREF="http://rick.vanrein.org/linux/funkey">rick.vanrein.org/linux/funkey</A>.
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