kbdmap(1) [freebsd man page]

KBDMAP(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 						 KBDMAP(1)

NAME

     kbdmap, vidfont -- front end for syscons and vt

SYNOPSIS

     kbdmap [-K] [-V] [-d | -default] [-h | -help] [-l | -lang language] [-p | -print] [-r | -restore] [-s | -show] [-v | -verbose]

DESCRIPTION

     The kbdmap utility allows easy setting of available keymaps.  The vidfont command allows the setting of fonts.  Both examine a database for
     the keymaps and fonts.  Descriptions are in English by default, but may also be in other languages.  These programs are interactive and
     expect to run in a terminal to get required input (e.g., a keymap selection) from the user.

     It is strongly recommended to not choose MSDOS codepage keymaps or fonts.	Use the ISO standard version if available!  X11 does not support
     MSDOS codepage.

     The following options are available:

     -K      Run as command kbdmap.

     -V      Run as command vidfont.

     -d, -default
	     Use default language.  Ignore LANG environment variable.

     -h, -help
	     Print options and exit.

     -l, -lang language
	     Use language for description and menu.

     -p, -print
	     Print description of available keymaps or fonts to stdout and exit.

     -r, -restore
	     Load default font from /etc/rc.conf.

     -s, -show
	     Show currently supported languages and exit.

     -v, -verbose
	     More warnings.

ENVIRONMENT

     LANG  preferred language

FILES

     /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/INDEX.keymaps
     /usr/share/vt/keymaps/INDEX.keymaps       database for keymaps
     /usr/share/syscons/fonts/INDEX.fonts
     /usr/share/vt/fonts/INDEX.fonts	       database for fonts
     /etc/rc.conf			       default font
     /usr/local/share/locale/locale.alias      describe common LANG values

SEE ALSO

     dialog(1), kbdcontrol(1), vidcontrol(1), syscons(4), vt(4), kbdmap(5), rc.conf(5)

HISTORY

     The kbdmap and vidfont commands appeared in FreeBSD 2.1.

AUTHORS

     Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org> wrote the original Perl version.  The current version was rewritten in C by Jonathan Belson
     <jon@witchspace.com> for FreeBSD 5.0.

BUGS

     The kbdmap and vidfont utilities work only on a (virtual) console and not with X11.

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								   July 3, 2002 							       BSD

xkbdfltmap(1X)															    xkbdfltmap(1X)

NAME

       xkbdfltmap - Determine default X keymap for locale and keyboard

SYNOPSIS

       xkbdfltmap [options]

OPTIONS

       lang  specifies a string to be used instead of the console language. This option is useful for locales that cannot be specified in the con-
       sole. This option is only used if XKB is active in the server.  kbd specifies a string to be used instead of  the  console  keyboard.  This
       option  is  useful  for	keyboard types that cannot be uniquely identified by the kernel.  For example, the kernal identifies the Microsoft
       Natural Keyboard as a PCXAL.  If XKB is not active in the server, file specifies the xmodmap command.  The default is /usr/bin/X11/xmodmap.
       If  XKB	is  not active in the server, file specifies the file containing the information necessary to determine what xmodmap keymap to use
       based upon the console language and keyboard type.  The default is /usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xkeymaps.  If XKB is active in the server, file  speci-
       fies  the XKB keyboard compiler.  The default is /usr/bin/X11/xkbcomp.  If XKB is active in the server, path specifies the top-level direc-
       tory that contains the XKB keymaps.  The default is /usr/lib/X11/xkb.  If XKB is active in the server, file specifies the  file	containing
       the  information  necessary  to	determine  what  XKB  keymap  to  use  based  upon the console language and keyboard type.  The default is
       /usr/lib/X11/keymaps.dir.  Specifies whether execute the necessary command to download the keymap  to  the  server  after  determining  the
       default,  or  whether to just print out the necessary command.  Specify -exec to download the keymap. Specify -noexec to just print out the
       necessary command.  The default is -noexec.  If the -noexec command is specified, and XKB  is  active  in  the  server,	the  -file  option
       instructs  xkbdfltmap  to  print  out  just the XKB keymap file that contains the keymap.  A keymap will not be downloaded to the server if
       -file is used.  If the -noexec command is specified, and XKB is active in the server, the -map option instructs	xkbdfltmap  to	print  out
       just the XKB keymap name.  A keymap will not be downloaded to the server if -map is used.

DESCRIPTION

       The  xkbdfltmap	command queries the system console for the language and keyboard settings.  Then, based upon whether the XKB server exten-
       sion is active in the server, it will  optionally  download  an	xmodmap  file  from  /usr/lib/X11/keymaps  or  an  XKB	keymap	file  from
       /usr/lib/X11/xkb to the server.

FILES

       /usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xkeymaps

       /usr/lib/X11/xkb/keymaps.dir

SEE ALSO

       X(1X)

																    xkbdfltmap(1X)