utx(7) Miscellaneous Information Manual utx(7)
NAME
utx - UNIX terminal extension pseudo device
SYNOPSIS
#include <utx/utxdev.h>
DESCRIPTION
The utx pseudo device provides a communication mechanism between any server process and the terminal driver subsystem. More specifically,
this pseudo device provides ioctl(2) and other I/O functions used by server daemons and kernel functions to communicate with the terminal
driver subsystem.
Currently, the Asian terminal driver is using the utx driver to provide the following extended features: Kana-Kanji conversion (for Japa-
nese only) Software on-demand font loading for user-defined characters Software phrase input method
Refer to atty(7) for more information about special features provided by the Asian terminal driver.
RELATED INFORMATION
Commands: utxd(8)
Functions: ioctl(2)
Files: utxd.conf(4), atty(7) delim off
utx(7)
