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diff --git a/chapter06/kbd.xml b/chapter06/kbd.xml index 99acf19cd..055a81d9f 100644 --- a/chapter06/kbd.xml +++ b/chapter06/kbd.xml @@ -3,13 +3,14 @@ <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent"> %general-entities; ]> -<sect1 id="ch-system-kbd" xreflabel="Kbd" role="wrap"> +<sect1 id="ch-system-kbd" role="wrap"> <title>Kbd-&kbd-version;</title> <?dbhtml filename="kbd.html"?> <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd"><primary sortas="a-Kbd">Kbd</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> +<para>The Kbd package contains key-table files and keyboard utilities.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -17,6 +18,11 @@ <seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>12 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> +<segmentedlist> +<segtitle>Kbd installation depends on</segtitle> +<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Bison, Coreutils, +Diffutils, Flex, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Gzip, M4, Make, and Sed</seg></seglistitem> +</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> @@ -30,7 +36,7 @@ <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> -<para>Now install it:</para> +<para>Install the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> @@ -38,8 +44,244 @@ <sect2 id="contents-kbd" role="content"><title>Contents of Kbd</title> -<para>See testing</para> +<segmentedlist> +<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> +<seglistitem><seg>chvt, deallocvt, dumpkeys, +fgconsole, getkeycodes, getunimap, kbd_mode, kbdrate, loadkeys, loadunimap, +mapscrn, openvt, psfaddtable (link to psfxtable), psfgettable (link to +psfxtable), psfstriptable (link to psfxtable), psfxtable, resizecons, +setfont, setkeycodes, setleds, setlogcons, setmetamode, setvesablank, +showconsolefont, showkey, unicode_start, and unicode_stop</seg></seglistitem> +</segmentedlist> + +<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> +<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> + +<varlistentry id="chvt"> +<term><command>chvt</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Changes the foreground virtual terminal</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd chvt"><primary sortas="b-chvt">chvt</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="deallocvt"> +<term><command>deallocvt</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Deallocates unused virtual terminals</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd deallocvt"><primary sortas="b-deallocvt">deallocvt</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="dumpkeys"> +<term><command>dumpkeys</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Dumps the keyboard translation tables</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd dumpkeys"><primary sortas="b-dumpkeys">dumpkeys</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="fgconsole"> +<term><command>fgconsole</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Prints the number of the active virtual terminal</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd fgconsole"><primary sortas="b-fgconsole">fgconsole</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="getkeycodes"> +<term><command>getkeycodes</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Prints the kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd getkeycodes"><primary sortas="b-getkeycodes">getkeycodes</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="getunimap"> +<term><command>getunimap</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Prints the currently used unimap</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd getunimap"><primary sortas="b-getunimap">getunimap</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="kbd_mode"> +<term><command>kbd_mode</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Reports or sets the keyboard mode</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd kbd_mode"><primary sortas="b-kbd_mode">kbd_mode</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="kbdrate"> +<term><command>kbdrate</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Sets the keyboard repeat and delay rates</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd kbdrate"><primary sortas="b-kbdrate">kbdrate</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="loadkeys"> +<term><command>loadkeys</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Loads the keyboard translation tables</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd loadkeys"><primary sortas="b-loadkeys">loadkeys</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="loadunimap"> +<term><command>loadunimap</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Loads the kernel unicode-to-font mapping table</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd loadunimap"><primary sortas="b-loadunimap">loadunimap</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="mapscrn"> +<term><command>mapscrn</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>An obsolete program that used to load +a user-defined output character mapping table into the console driver; this is +now done by <command>setfont</command></para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd mapscrn"><primary sortas="b-mapscrn">mapscrn</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="openvt"> +<term><command>openvt</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Starts a program on a new virtual terminal (VT)</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd openvt"><primary sortas="b-openvt">openvt</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="psfaddtable"> +<term><command>psfaddtable</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>A link to <command>psfxtable</command></para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd psfaddtable"><primary sortas="b-psfaddtable">psfaddtable</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="psfgettable"> +<term><command>psfgettable</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>A link to <command>psfxtable</command></para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd psfgettable"><primary sortas="b-psfgettable">psfgettable</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="psfstriptable"> +<term><command>psfstriptable</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>A link to <command>psfxtable</command></para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd psfstriptable"><primary sortas="b-psfstriptable">psfstriptable</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="psfxtable"> +<term><command>psfxtable</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Handle Unicode character tables for console fonts</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd psfxtable"><primary sortas="b-psfxtable">psfxtable</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="resizecons"> +<term><command>resizecons</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Changes the kernel idea of the console size</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd resizecons"><primary sortas="b-resizecons">resizecons</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="setfont"> +<term><command>setfont</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Changes the Enhanced Graphic Adapter (EGA) and Video Graphics +Array (VGA) fonts on the console</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setfont"><primary sortas="b-setfont">setfont</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="setkeycodes"> +<term><command>setkeycodes</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Loads kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table entries; this is +useful if there are unusual keys on the keyboard</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setkeycodes"><primary sortas="b-setkeycodes">setkeycodes</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="setleds"> +<term><command>setleds</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Sets the keyboard flags and Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setleds"><primary sortas="b-setleds">setleds</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="setlogcons"> +<term><command>setlogcons</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Sends kernel messages to the console</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setlogcons"><primary sortas="b-setlogcons">setlogcons</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="setmetamode"> +<term><command>setmetamode</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Defines the keyboard meta-key handling</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setmetamode"><primary sortas="b-setmetamode">setmetamode</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="setvesablank"> +<term><command>setvesablank</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Lets the user adjust the built-in hardware screensaver (a blank +screen)</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setvesablank"><primary sortas="b-setvesablank">setvesablank</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="showconsolefont"> +<term><command>showconsolefont</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Shows the current EGA/VGA console screen font</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd showconsolefont"><primary sortas="b-showconsolefont">showconsolefont</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="showkey"> +<term><command>showkey</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Reports the scancodes, keycodes, and ASCII codes of the keys +pressed on the keyboard</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd showkey"><primary sortas="b-showkey">showkey</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="unicode_start"> +<term><command>unicode_start</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Puts the keyboard and console in UNICODE mode. Never use it on LFS, +because applications are not configured to support UNICODE.</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd unicode_start"><primary sortas="b-unicode_start">unicode_start</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="unicode_stop"> +<term><command>unicode_stop</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Reverts keyboard and console from UNICODE mode</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd unicode_stop"><primary sortas="b-unicode_stop">unicode_stop</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> </sect2> </sect1> + |