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diff --git a/upstream/debian-unstable/man1/loadkeys.1 b/upstream/debian-unstable/man1/loadkeys.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6f767abd --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/debian-unstable/man1/loadkeys.1 @@ -0,0 +1,211 @@ +.\" @(#)loadkeys.1 +.TH LOADKEYS 1 "6 Feb 1994" "kbd" +.SH NAME +loadkeys \- load keyboard translation tables +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B loadkeys +[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]... \fI\,FILENAME\/\fR... +.br +.B loadkeys +.I --default +.br +.B loadkeys +.I --mktable +.br +.B loadkeys +.I --bkeymap +.br +.B loadkeys +.I --parse +.LP +.SH DESCRIPTION +.LP +The program +.B loadkeys +reads the file or files specified by +.IR FILENAME... . +Its main purpose is to load the kernel keymap for the console. +You can specify console device by the +.I -C +(or +.I --console +) option. +.SH "RESET TO DEFAULT" +If the +.I -d +(or +.I --default +) option is given, +.B loadkeys +loads a default keymap, probably the file +.I defkeymap.map +either in +.I /usr/share/keymaps +or in +.IR /usr/src/linux/drivers/char . +(Probably the former was user-defined, while the latter +is a qwerty keyboard map for PCs - maybe not what was desired.) +Sometimes, with a strange keymap loaded (with the minus on +some obscure unknown modifier combination) it is easier to +type `loadkeys defkeymap'. +.SH "LOAD KERNEL KEYMAP" +The main function of +.B loadkeys +is to load or modify the keyboard driver's translation tables. +When specifying the file names, standard input can be denoted +by dash (-). If no file is specified, the data is read from +the standard input. +.LP +For many countries and keyboard types appropriate keymaps +are available already, and a command like `loadkeys uk' might +do what you want. On the other hand, it is easy to construct +one's own keymap. The user has to tell what symbols belong +to each key. She can find the keycode for a key by use of +.BR showkey (1), +while the keymap format is given in +.BR keymaps (5) +and can also be seen from the output of +.BR dumpkeys (1). +.SH "LOAD KERNEL ACCENT TABLE" +If the input file does not contain any compose key definitions, +the kernel accent table is left unchanged, unless the +.I -c +(or +.I --clearcompose +) option is given, in which case the kernel accent table is emptied. +If the input file does contain compose key definitions, then all +old definitions are removed, and replaced by the specified new entries. +The kernel accent table is a sequence of (by default 68) entries +describing how dead diacritical signs and compose keys behave. +For example, a line +.LP +.RS +compose ',' 'c' to ccedilla +.RE +.LP +means that <ComposeKey><,><c> must be combined to <ccedilla>. +The current content of this table can be see +using `dumpkeys \-\-compose\-only'. +.SH "LOAD KERNEL STRING TABLE" +The option +.I -s +(or +.I --clearstrings +) clears the kernel string table. If this option is not given, +.B loadkeys +will only add or replace strings, not remove them. +(Thus, the option \-s is required to reach a well-defined state.) +The kernel string table is a sequence of strings +with names like F31. One can make function key F5 (on +an ordinary PC keyboard) produce the text `Hello!', +and Shift+F5 `Goodbye!' using lines +.LP +.RS +keycode 63 = F70 F71 +.br +string F70 = "Hello!" +.br +string F71 = "Goodbye!" +.RE +.LP +in the keymap. +The default bindings for the function keys are certain +escape sequences mostly inspired by the VT100 terminal. +.SH "CREATE KERNEL SOURCE TABLE" +If the +.I -m +(or +.I --mktable +) option is given +.B loadkeys +prints to the standard output a file that may be used as +.I /usr/src/linux\%/drivers\%/char\%/defkeymap.c, +specifying the default key bindings for a kernel +(and does not modify the current keymap). +.SH "CREATE BINARY KEYMAP" +If the +.I -b +(or +.I --bkeymap +) option is given +.B loadkeys +prints to the standard output a file that may be used as a binary +keymap as expected by Busybox +.B loadkmap +command (and does not modify the current keymap). +.SH "UNICODE MODE" +.B loadkeys +automatically detects whether the console is in Unicode or +ASCII (XLATE) mode. When a keymap is loaded, literal +keysyms (such as +.BR section ) +are resolved accordingly; numerical keysyms are converted to +fit the current console mode, regardless of the way they are +specified (decimal, octal, hexadecimal or Unicode). +.LP +The +.I -u +(or +.IR --unicode ) +switch forces +.B loadkeys +to convert all keymaps to Unicode. If the keyboard is in a +non-Unicode mode, such as XLATE, +.B loadkeys +will change it to Unicode for the time of its execution. A +warning message will be printed in this case. +.LP +It is recommended to run +.BR kbd_mode (1) +before +.B loadkeys +instead of using the +.I -u +option. +.SH "OTHER OPTIONS" +.TP +.B \-a \-\-ascii +Force conversion to ASCII. +.TP +.B \-h \-\-help +.B loadkeys +prints its version number and a short usage message to the programs +standard error output and exits. +.TP +.B \-p \-\-parse +.B loadkeys +searches and parses keymap without action. +.TP +.B \-q \-\-quiet +.B loadkeys +suppresses all normal output. +.TP +.B \-V \-\-version +.B loadkeys +prints version number and exits. +.SH WARNING +Note that anyone having read access to +.B /dev/console +can run +.B loadkeys +and thus change the keyboard layout, possibly making it unusable. Note +that the keyboard translation table is common for all the virtual +consoles, so any changes to the keyboard bindings affect all the virtual +consoles simultaneously. +.LP +Note that because the changes affect all the virtual consoles, they also +outlive your session. This means that even at the login prompt the key +bindings may not be what the user expects. +.SH FILES +.TP +.I /usr/share/keymaps +default directory for keymaps. +.LP +.TP +.I /usr/src/linux/drivers/char/defkeymap.map +default kernel keymap. +.LP +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR dumpkeys (1), +.BR keymaps (5) + |