KEYBOARD(4) — UNIX Programmer’s Manual

NAME

keyboard − NEWS keyboard device interface

SYNOPSIS

kb0 at iop addr ffe400 intr 36

/dev/keyboard

DESCRIPTION

Keyboard is the keyboard device interface on NEWS.

The following keymaps can be used from NEWS-OS Release 3.3.

Japanese
German
French
U.K.English
Italian
Spanish
Swedish
Danish
Norwegian
Portuguese
Dutch

For details on each keymaps, refer to the "Release Note" of NEWS-OS Release 3.3.

There are 3 methods to change the keymap for the appropriate keyboard. Modify the ‘options’ line in the configuration file as shown below when you reconfigure the system.

optionsKEYMAP_JAPANESE

The selectable keymaps are;

for Japanese/American: KEYMAP_JAPANESE
for German:KEYMAP_GERMAN
for French:KEYMAP_FRENCH
for U.K.English:KEYMAP_UK
for Italian:KEYMAP_ITALIAN
for Spanish:KEYMAP_SPANISH
for Swedish/Finnish:KEYMAP_SWEDISH_FINNISH
for Danish:KEYMAP_DANISH
for Norwegian:KEYMAP_NORWEGIAN
for Portuguese:KEYMAP_PORTUGUESE
for Dutch:KEYMAP_DUTCH

Modify the keymapping table of a vmunix by using chkey(S) command. Modify the keymap directly by using chkeymap(S) command.

IOCTL SYSTEM CALL

KBIOCGETCNUM
Gets the current keymap.

#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <newskbms/keyboard.h>
#include <newsiop/keyboard.h>
int ctry_num;
ioctl(fd, KBIOCGETCNUM, &ctry_num);
ctry_numkeymapdefine
0Japanese/American K_JAPANESE
2GermanK_GERMAN
3FrenchK_FRENCH
4U.K.EnglishK_UKENGLISH
5ItalianK_ITALIAN
6SpanishK_SPANISH
7Swedish/FinnishK_SWEDISH_FINNISH
8DanishK_DANISH
9NorwegianK_NORWEGIAN
10PortugueseK_PORTUGUESE
11DutchK_DUTCH

KBIOCSETLOCK
Changes the lock type for the Caps mode of NWP-411(A) and for the upper case mode of NWP-410.
The Caps mode of NWP-411(A) uses the type of Caps-lock, and the upper case mode of NWP-410 uses the type of Shift-lock(1).

#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <newsiop/keyboard.h>
#include <newskbms/keyboard.h>
int lock_type;
ioctl(fd, KBIOCSETLOCK, &lock_type);
characternumber/symbol
lock typelock_typenormalshiftnormalshift
Caps-lockCAPSLOCK = 0AA1!
Shift-lock(1)SHIFTLOCK = 1Aa1!
Shift-lock(2)SHIFTLOCK2 = 2Aa!1

KBIOCREPT
Sets for the Auto Repeat mode.
The Auto Repeat mode is set as the default.

#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <newsiop/keyboard.h>
ioctl(fd, KBIOCREPT);

KBIOCNRPT
Cancels the Auto Repeat mode.

#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <newsiop/keyboard.h>
ioctl(fd, KBIOCNRPT);

LIMITATIONS

The ROM monitor does not support the keymap without Japanese/American. If the keytop is changed by NWA-054, the key input should be typed referring the NWP-411 keytop layout.

FILES

/dev/keyboard

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