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setkbmap(8)

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CHKBMAP(1)  —  NEWS-OS Programmer’s Manual

NAME

chkbmap − change the keyboard mapping

SYNOPSIS

chkbmap { −r | −h | country }

DESCRIPTION

chkbmap changes the keyboard mapping which was used by the console of the NEWS bitmap display, to the keymap which is specified by country.

This command is used to change the keyboard mapping on kernel memory. 

The selectable country is one of the followings:

keymap country
 JAPAN(NWP-411A) japanese or Japanese
 JAPAN(NWP-410) japanese_o or Japanese_o
 U.S. us_english or US_English
 GERMANY german or German
 FRANCE french or French
 U.K. uk_english or UK_English
 ITARIA italian or Italian
 SPAIN spanish or Spanish
 SWEDEN swedish or Swedish
 DENMARK danish or Danish
 NORWAY norwegian or Norwegian
 PORTUGAL portuguese or Portuguese
 FINLAND finnish or Finnish

For details on the each keymap, refer to NWM-660 "NEWS-OS Release 4.0 User’s Guide". 

The default keymap is corresponds to the language selected when it is installed. 
 

In order to reset the keyboard mapping to default, if you have changed, execute chkbmap command with the default keymap argument again or reboot the system. 

−r gets the current keymap (country) on kernel memory.

−h prints a usage message. 

SEE ALSO

setkbmap(8), keyboard(4)

NEWS-OSRelease 4.2.1R

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