KBD_MODE(1) — USER COMMANDS

NAME

kbd_mode − change the keyboard translation mode

SYNOPSIS

kbd_mode −a| −n| −e| −u

DESCRIPTION

kbd_mode sets the translation mode of the console’s keyboard (/dev/kbd) to one of the four values defined for KIOCTRANS in kb(4S). This is useful when a program which resets the translation mode crashes; for example, NeWS (when run from SunView) can sometimes leave SunView reading untranslated events.

OPTIONS

−a ASCII: the keyboard will generate simple ASCII characters

−n none: the keyboard will generate unencoded bytes − a distinct value for up and down on each switch on the keyboard

−e events: the keyboard will generate SunWindows input events with ASCII characters in the value field

−u unencoded: the keyboard will generate SunWindows input events with unencoded bytes in the value field (this is the mode currently uses).

FILES

/dev/kbd
$NEWSHOME/bin/kbd_mode

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