KEYBOARD(4) — NEWS-OS Programmer’s Manual

NAME

keyboard − NEWS keyboard device interface

SYNOPSIS

device kb0 at iop0 priority 36
device kb0 at hb0 priority 36
device kb0 at ap0 priority 36

/dev/keyboard

DESCRIPTION

keyboard is the keyboard device interface on NEWS.

The following keymaps can be used in NEWS-OS:

Japanese
Japanese_o (OYAYUBI-shift keyboard NWP410)
U.S.English
German
French
U.K.English
Italian
Spanish
Swedish
Finnish(keymap is the same as that of ‘Swedish’)
Danish
Norwegian
Portuguese

For details on each keymap, refer to NWM-660/680 "NEWS-OS User’s Guide".

There are 3 methods to change the keymap for the appropriate keyboard. However, on NWS-3100/NWS-5000 Series models, only the method 3 (modify the keymap directly by using chkbmap command) is supported.

1.Modify the ‘options’ line in the configuration file as shown below when you reconfigure the system.

optionsKEYMAP_JAPANESE

The selectable keymaps are;

for Japanese:KEYMAP_JAPANESE
for Japanese_o:KEYMAP_JAPANESE_O
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 U.S.English:KEYMAP_US

2.Modify the keymapping table of a vmunix by using setkbmap(8) command.

3.Modify the keymap directly by using chkbmap(1) command.

IOCTL SYSTEM CALL

KBIOCGETCNUM
Gets the current keymap.

#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <newsiop/keyboard.h>
int ctry_num;
ioctl(fd, KBIOCGETCNUM, &ctry_num);
ctry_numkeymapdefine
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
0JapaneseK_JAPANESE_J
1Japanese_oK_JAPANESE_K
2GermanK_GERMAN
3FrenchK_FRENCH
4U.K.EnglishK_UKENGLISH
5ItalianK_ITALIAN
6SpanishK_SPANISH
7Swedish/FinnishK_SWEDISH_FINNISH
8DanishK_DANISH
9NorwegianK_NORWEGIAN
10PortugueseK_PORTUGUESE
11U.S.EnglishK_USENGLISH

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>
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 U.S.English. If the keytop is changed by NWA-054/NWA-054LT, the key input should be typed referring the NWP-411 keytop layout.

FILES

/dev/keyboard

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