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<sect2><title>Short descriptions</title>
<para><command>chvt</command> changes the foreground virtual terminal.</para>
<para><command>deallocvt</command> deallocates unused virtual terminals.</para>
<para><command>dumpkeys</command> dumps the keyboard translation tables.</para>
<para><command>fgconsole</command> prints the number of the active virtual terminal.</para>
<para><command>getkeycodes</command> prints the kernel scancode-to-keycode
mapping table.</para>
<para><command>getunimap</command> prints the currently used unimap.</para>
<para><command>kbd_mode</command> reports or sets the keyboard mode.</para>
<para><command>kbdrate</command> sets the keyboard repeat and delay rates.</para>
<para><command>loadkeys</command> loads the keyboard translation tables.</para>
<para><command>loadunimap</command> loads the kernel unicode-to-font mapping table.</para>
<para><command>mapscrn</command> 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.</para>
<para><command>openvt</command> starts a program on a new virtual terminal (VT).</para>
<para><command>psf*</command> are a set of tools for handling Unicode
character tables for console fonts.</para>
<para><command>resizecons</command> changes the kernel idea of the console size.</para>
<para><command>setfont</command> lets you change the EGA/VGA fonts on the console.</para>
<para><command>setkeycodes</command> loads kernel scancode-to-keycode
mapping table entries, useful if you have some unusual keys on your keyboard.</para>
<para><command>setleds</command> sets the keyboard flags and LEDs. Many
people find it useful to have NumLock on by default, setleds +num achieves this.</para>
<para><command>setlogcons</command> sends kernel messages to the console.</para>
<para><command>setmetamode</command> defines the keyboard meta key handling.</para>
<para><command>setvesablank</command> lets you fiddle with the built-in
hardware screensaver (no toasters, just a blank screen).</para>
<para><command>showconsolefont</command> shows the current EGA/VGA console
screen font.</para>
<para><command>showkey</command> reports the scancodes and keycodes and
ASCII codes of the keys pressed on the keyboard.</para>
<para><command>unicode_start</command> puts the keyboard and console in
unicode mode.</para>
<para><command>unicode_stop</command> reverts keyboard and console from
unicode mode.</para>
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