05-17-2017
Keyboard User Input in awk language ?
Hi,
does someone know how to make a keyboard data input
in the AWK programming language ?
Regards
Zabo
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS
gnome-keyboard-properties
gnome-keyboard-properties(1) User Commands gnome-keyboard-properties(1)
NAME
gnome-keyboard-properties - set your keyboard preferences
SYNOPSIS
gnome-keyboard-properties [gnome-std-options]
DESCRIPTION
The Keyboard preference tool allows you to select autorepeat settings for your keyboard, and to configure the sound events that are associ-
ated with the keyboard. The Keyboard preference tool also allows you to launch the Keyboard accessibility preference tool. See gnome-acces-
sibility-keyboard-properties(1) for more information.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
gnome-std-optionStandard options available for use with most GNOME applications. See gnome-std-options(5).
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Launching the Keyboard preference tool
example% gnome-keyboard-properties
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Application exited successfully
>0 Application exited with failure
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/gnome-keyboard-Executable for Keyboard preferences tool
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+------------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWgnome-desktop-preferences |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------+
|Interface stability |External |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------+
SEE ALSO
Preference Tools Manual
Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.
gnome-accessibility-keyboard-properties(1), gnome-control-center(1), gnome-std-options(5)
NOTES
Written by Glynn Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003.
SunOS 5.10 2 Oct 2003 gnome-keyboard-properties(1)