From 978d0bffc413b67ead9db2d2816b916cf3d502ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Gronenwoud Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 22:29:16 +0000 Subject: Changing the style of the command descriptions in appendix A. git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2879 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689 --- appendixa/kbd-desc.xml | 95 +++++++++++++++++++------------------------------- 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-) (limited to 'appendixa/kbd-desc.xml') diff --git a/appendixa/kbd-desc.xml b/appendixa/kbd-desc.xml index 09f139c16..10c6c9f2f 100644 --- a/appendixa/kbd-desc.xml +++ b/appendixa/kbd-desc.xml @@ -6,89 +6,64 @@ Program file descriptions -chvt -chvt changes foreground virtual terminal. +chvt changes the foreground virtual terminal. -deallocvt -deallocvt deallocates unused virtual terminals. +deallocvt deallocates unused virtual terminals. -dumpkeys -dumpkeys dumps keyboard translation tables. +dumpkeys dumps the keyboard translation tables. -fgconsole -fgconsole prints the number of the active virtual terminal. +fgconsole prints the number of the active virtual terminal. -getkeycodes -getkeycodes prints the kernel scancode-to-keycode -mapping table. +getkeycodes prints the kernel scancode-to-keycode +mapping table. -getunimap -getunimap prints the currently used unimap. +getunimap prints the currently used unimap. -kbd_mode -kbd_mode reports or sets the keyboard mode. +kbd_mode reports or sets the keyboard mode. -kbdrate -kbdrate sets the keyboard repeat and delay rates. +kbdrate sets the keyboard repeat and delay rates. -loadkeys -loadkeys loads keyboard translation tables. +loadkeys loads the keyboard translation tables. -loadunimap -loadunimap loads the kernel unicode-to-font mapping table. +loadunimap loads the kernel unicode-to-font mapping table. -mapscrn -mapscrn loads a user defined output character -mapping table into the console driver. Note that it is obsolete and that its -features are built into setfont. +mapscrn is an obsolete program that used to load +a user-defined output character mapping table into the console driver. This is +now done by setfont. -openvt -openvt starts a program on a new virtual terminal (VT). +openvt starts a program on a new virtual terminal (VT). -psfaddtable, psfgettable, psfstriptable, psfxtable -These are a set of tools for handling Unicode character tables for -console fonts. +psf* are a set of tools for handling Unicode +character tables for console fonts. -resizecons -resizecons changes the kernel idea of the console size. +resizecons changes the kernel idea of the console size. -setfont -This lets you change the EGA/VGA fonts in console. +setfont lets you change the EGA/VGA fonts on the console. -setkeycodes -setkeycodes loads kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping -table entries. +setkeycodes loads kernel scancode-to-keycode +mapping table entries, useful if you have some unusual keys on your keyboard. -setleds -setleds sets the keyboard LEDs. Many people find it useful to have numlock -enabled by default and, by using this program, you can -achieve this. +setleds sets the keyboard flags and LEDs. Many +people find it useful to have NumLock on by default, setleds +num achieves this. -setlogcons -setlogcons sends kernel messages to the console. +setlogcons sends kernel messages to the console. -setmetamode -setmetamode defines the keyboard meta key handling. +setmetamode defines the keyboard meta key handling. -setvesablank -This lets you fiddle with the built-in hardware screensaver -(not toasters, only a blank screen). +setvesablank lets you fiddle with the built-in +hardware screensaver (no toasters, just a blank screen). -showfont -showfont displays data about a font. The information shown includes font -information, font properties, character metrics and -character bitmaps. +showfont displays data about a font, including +font properties, character metrics and character bitmaps. -showkey -showkey examines the scancodes and keycodes sent by -the keyboard. +showkey reports the scancodes and keycodes and +ASCII codes of the keys pressed on the keyboard. -unicode_start -unicode_start puts the console in Unicode mode. +unicode_start puts the keyboard and console in +unicode mode. -unicode_stop -unicode_stop reverts keyboard and console from -unicode mode. +unicode_stop reverts keyboard and console from +unicode mode. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf