kbdmap(1)

NAME

kbdmap, vidfont - front end for syscons

SYNOPSIS

kbdmap [-K] [-V] [-d | -default] [-h | -help]  [-l  |  -lang
language]
       [-p   |   -print]  [-r  |  -restore] [-s | -show] [-v
-verbose]

DESCRIPTION

The kbdmap utility allows easy setting of available keymaps.

The vidfont
command allows the setting of fonts. Both examine a

database for the
keymaps and fonts. Descriptions are in English by default,

but may also
be in other languages. These programs are interactive and

expect to run
in a terminal to get required input (e.g., a keymap selec

tion) from the
user.

It is strongly recommended to not choose MSDOS codepage

keymaps or fonts.
Use the ISO standard version if available! X11 does not

support MSDOS
codepage.

The following options are available:

-K Run as command kbdmap.

-V Run as command vidfont.

-d, -default

Use default language. Ignore LANG environment vari

able.

-h, -help

Print options and exit.

-l, -lang language

Use language for description and menu

-p, -print

Print description of available keymaps or fonts to

stdout and
exit.

-r, -restore

Load default font from /etc/rc.conf.

-s, -show

Show currently supported languages and exit.

-v, -verbose

More warnings.

ENVIRONMENT

LANG preferred language

FILES

/usr/share/syscons/keymaps/INDEX.keymaps database for

keymaps
/usr/share/syscons/fonts/INDEX.fonts database for fonts
/etc/rc.conf default font
/usr/X11/lib/X11/locale/locale.alias describe common

LANG values

SEE ALSO

dialog(1), kbdcontrol(1), vidcontrol(1), kbdmap(5),

rc.conf(5)

HISTORY

The kbdmap and vidfont commands appeared in FreeBSD 2.1.

AUTHORS

Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org> wrote the original

Perl version.
The current version was rewritten in C by Jonathan Belson
<jon@witchspace.com> for FreeBSD 5.0.

BUGS

The kbdmap and vidfont utilities work only on a (virtual)

console and not
with X11.

BSD July 3, 2002

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