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KBD_MODE
!!!KBD_MODE
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
SEE ALSO
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!!NAME


kbd_mode - report or set the keyboard mode
!!SYNOPSIS


__kbd_mode [[__ ''-auks'' __]__
!!DESCRIPTION


Without argument, __kbd_mode__ prints the current
keyboard mode. With argument, it sets the keyboard mode as
indicated:


''-s'': scancode mode (RAW),


''-k'': keycode mode (MEDIUMRAW),


''-a'': ASCII mode (XLATE),


''-u'': UTF-8 mode (UNICODE).


The ''XLATE'' mode is the traditional one, where the
codes used can be any __8-bit__ character set. Is is
usually expected that this character set matches the one
used later to translate them internally into Unicode, after
they are sent to the screen to be displayed, using the map
selected by __consolechars__ ''-m''.


In ''UNICODE'' mode, 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.


__WARNING:__ changing the keyboard mode, other than
between ASCII and Unicode, will probably make your keyboard
unusable. This command can also be useful (say via remote
login) when some program left your keyboard in the wrong
state, to get the keyboard back into ''XLATE'' or
''UNICODE'' mode.


Note that in some obsolete versions of this program the
''-u'' option was a synonym for ''-s''.
!!SEE ALSO


loadkeys(1), consolechars(8).
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Last edited on Tuesday, June 4, 2002 12:22:13 am by "perry"

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