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     MAPKEY(M)                XENIX System V                 MAPKEY(M)



     Name
          mapkey, mapscrn, mapstr, convkey - Configure monitor screen
          mapping.

     Syntax
          mapkey [ -dox ][ datafile ]
          mapscrn [ -d ][ datafile ]
          mapstr [ -d ][ datafile ]
          convkey [ in [ out ] ]

     Description
          mapscrn configures the output mapping of the monitor screen
          on which it is invoked. mapkey and mapstr configure the
          mapping of the keyboard and string keys (eg. function keys)
          of the monitor (and multiscreens if present).  mapkey can
          only be run by the super-user.

          mapstr functions on a per-screen basis.  Mapping strings on
          one screen does not affect any other screen.

          If a file name is given on the argument line the respective
          mapping table is configured from the contents of the input
          file.  If no file is given, the default files in
          /usr/lib/keyboard and /usr/lib/console is used.  The -d
          option causes the mapping table to be read from the kernel
          instead of written and an ASCII version to be displayed on
          the standard output.  The format of the output is suitable
          for input files to mapscrn, mapkey, or mapstr . Non-super-
          users can run mapkey and mapstr when the -d option is given.

          With the -o or -x options, mapkey displays the mapping table
          in octal or hexadecimal.

          convkey translates an old-style mapkey file into the current
          format.  If in or out are missing, they default to stdin or
          stdout.

     Files
          /usr/lib/keyboard/keys
          /usr/lib/keyboard/keys.gr
          /usr/lib/keyboard/keys.uk
          /usr/lib/keyboard/strings
          /usr/lib/console/screens.gr
          /usr/lib/console/screens.uk
          /usr/lib/console/screens.usa

     Notes
          There is no way to specify that the map utilities read their
          configuration tables from standard input.

     See Also
          keyboard(HW), screen(HW), setkey(C)



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