keyboard(1) — AIX PS/2 1.2.1



KEYBOARD(1,C)               AIX Commands Reference                KEYBOARD(1,C)



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keyboard



PURPOSE

Controls the delay and repetition rates of the keyboard.

SYNTAX


            +---------+
keyboard ---| -d rate |---|
          ^ | -r rate | |
          | +---------+ |
          +-------------+


Note:  This command is for the PS/2 only.

DESCRIPTION

The keyboard command changes the keyboard delay and repetition rates.  These
rates are initially set at system startup to 500 milliseconds and 11 characters
per second, respectively.

FLAGS

-d rate    Sets the delay rate to the specified value.  The rate can be 250,
           500, 750, or 1000 milliseconds.

-r rate    Sets the rate of repetition to the specified value.  This rate can
           be an integer from 2 to 30, inclusive.

EXAMPLE

To change both the delay and repetition rates:

  keyboard  -d250  -r30

This command sets the keyboard to a delay of 250 milliseconds and the
repetition rate to 30 characters per second.












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