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diff --git a/upstream/archlinux/man8/getunimap.8 b/upstream/archlinux/man8/getunimap.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..36df5602 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/archlinux/man8/getunimap.8 @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +.TH GETUNIMAP 8 "2004-01-01" "kbd" + +.SH NAME +getunimap \- dump the unicode map for the current console to stdout + +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B getunimap [ \-s ] [ \-C +.I console +] + +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.B getunimap +program is old and obsolete. It is now part of +.B setfont (1). +.LP +The +.B getunimap +program outputs the unicode map (also called a "Screen Font Map") +for the current console to standard output. +.LP +The +.B \-C +option may be used with Linux 2.6.1 and later to get the map for +a console different from the current one. Its argument is a pathname. +.LP +The output of +.B getunimap +is of the form +.LP +.RS + 0xAA U+1234 # comment +.RE +.LP +where 0xAA is the font character code and U+1234 is a unicode character, +that if displayed, will be displayed using glyph 0xAA in the font. +Many unicode characters may be mapped to the same glyph. +.br +the Hash symbol +.B # +is used as a comment delimiter; characters after a hash sign (to the end of +the line) are comments. +.P +The +.B \-s +option will sort and merge elements, sorting on font character. +Hence, it will produce output of the form: +.LP +.RS + 0x22 U+1234 U+5678 U+3456 +.br + 0x23 U+0023 +.RE +.LP + etc., listing the multiple unicode characters that map to a font glyph. +.P +The output of +.B getunimap +is of the form accepted by +.B setfont +and +.B psfaddtable +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR psfaddtable (1), +.BR setfont (1). |