NAME

loadkeys, dumpkeys − load and dump keyboard translation tables

SYNOPSIS

loadkeys [ −e ] [ filename ]

dumpkeys

DESCRIPTION

loadkeys

loadkeys reads the file specified by filename, and modifies the keyboard streams module’s translation tables. If no file is specified, and the keyboard is a Type-4 keyboard, a default file for the layout indicated by the ROM environment variable KBD_LAYOUT. The file is in the format specified by keytables(5). 

If the layout code in the ROM environment variable KBD_LAYOUT has the hexadecimal value 0xdd, the file loaded by loadkeys by default is /usr/share/lib/keytables/layout_dd.  These files specify only the entries that change between the different Type-4 keyboard layouts. 

dumpkeys

dumpkeys writes, to the standard output, the current contents of the keyboard streams module’s translation tables, in the format specified by keytables(5). 

OPTIONS

−e loadkeys loads the requested keytable layout information into the EEPROM keytables.  This allows the console monitor to select the correct key-values when a non-US keyboard is connected to the workstation. 

FILES

/usr/share/lib/keytables/layout_dd
default keytable files

SEE ALSO

kb(4M), keytables(5)

BUGS

The −e option currently does not work. 

Solbourne Computer, Inc.  —  1 September 1988