NAME

loadkeys, dumpkeys − load and dump keyboard translation tables

SYNOPSIS

loadkeys [ filename ]

dumpkeys

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

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

SEE ALSO

kbd(1), keytables(4), attributes(5), kb(7M)

SunOS 5.6  —  Last change: 7 Nov 1995