kcon(1)

NAME

kcon - pcvt keyboard control and remapping

SYNOPSIS

kcon [-d delay] [-l] [-m map] [-o] [-p] [-R] [-r rate]  [-s]
[-t+/-] [-x]

DESCRIPTION

The kcon utility is used for controlling all aspects of key

board configuration for the 'pcvt' video driver.

The available options are:

-d delay

Specifies the delay after which the last key entered

will be
repeated by the Keyboard. Valid values are 0..3 cor

responding to
delays of 250, 500, 750 and 1000 milliseconds.

-l Displays the current keyboard map in use by the driv

er.

-m map

Specifies the map entry to be searched in the keyboard

capabilities
database keycap. The database is searched for the en

try and if
found, the mapping is loaded and is used in the driver

from then
on.

-o Switches display of control codes to octal in the

listing of the

current map. To be used in conjunction with the -l

option.

-p Uses 'pure' output when listing - the Escape character

is displayed

in either octal or hexadecimal and not as 'ESC'. To

be used in
conjunction with the -l option.

-r rate

Specifies the character repetition rate. Valid argu

ment values are
0...31 corresponding to rates of 30 characters/second
ters/second.

-R Reset the Keyboard.

-s Displays the current settings of the rate and delay

values.

-t +/

Specify this option to enable (+) or disable (-) the

repetition of
keys.

-x Switches display of control codes to hexadecimal in

the listing of

the current map. To be used in conjunction with the

-l option.
This is the default behaviour.