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1 perry 1 KBD_MODE
2 !!!KBD_MODE
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 SEE ALSO
7 ----
8 !!NAME
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11 kbd_mode - report or set the keyboard mode
12 !!SYNOPSIS
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15 __kbd_mode [[__ ''-auks'' __]__
16 !!DESCRIPTION
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19 Without argument, __kbd_mode__ prints the current
20 keyboard mode. With argument, it sets the keyboard mode as
21 indicated:
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24 ''-s'': scancode mode (RAW),
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27 ''-k'': keycode mode (MEDIUMRAW),
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30 ''-a'': ASCII mode (XLATE),
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33 ''-u'': UTF-8 mode (UNICODE).
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36 The ''XLATE'' mode is the traditional one, where the
37 codes used can be any __8-bit__ character set. Is is
38 usually expected that this character set matches the one
39 used later to translate them internally into Unicode, after
40 they are sent to the screen to be displayed, using the map
41 selected by __consolechars__ ''-m''.
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44 In ''UNICODE'' mode, a __16-bit__ character set is
45 expected, and these chars are transmitted to the kernel as
46 1, 2, or 3 bytes (following the __UTF-8__ coding). In
47 these latter two modes the key mapping defined by
48 loadkeys(1) is used.
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51 __WARNING:__ changing the keyboard mode, other than
52 between ASCII and Unicode, will probably make your keyboard
53 unusable. This command can also be useful (say via remote
54 login) when some program left your keyboard in the wrong
55 state, to get the keyboard back into ''XLATE'' or
56 ''UNICODE'' mode.
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59 Note that in some obsolete versions of this program the
60 ''-u'' option was a synonym for ''-s''.
61 !!SEE ALSO
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64 loadkeys(1), consolechars(8).
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