NAME

loadkeys, dumpkeys − load and dump keyboard translation tables

SYNOPSIS

loadkeys [ filename ]

dumpkeys

AVAILABILITY

SPARC

PowerPC Edition

SUNWcsu

DESCRIPTION

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 DIP switches on the keyboard.  The file is in the format specified by keytables(4). 

By default, loadkeys loads the file: /usr/share/lib/keytables/type_tt/layout_dd, where tt is the value returned by the KIOCTYPE ioctl, and dd is the value returned by the KIOCLAYOUT ioctl (see kb(7M)).  On self-identifying keyboards, the value returned by the KIOCLAYOUT ioctl is set from the DIP switches.  These files specify only the entries that change between the different Type-4 keyboard layouts. 

dumpkeys writes, to the standard output, the current contents of the keyboard streams module’s translation tables, in the format specified by keytables(4). 

FILES

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

SEE ALSO

kbd(1), keytables(4), kb(7M)

SunOS 5.5.1  —  Last change: 7 Nov 1995