lfs-book/appendixa/consoletools-desc.xml

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>
The Console-tools package contains the charset, chvt, consolechars,
deallocvt, dumpkeys, fgconsole, fix_bs_and_del, font2psf, getkeycodes,
kbd_mode, loadkeys, loadunimap, mapscrn, mk_modmap, openvt, psfaddtable,
psfgettable, psfstriptable, resizecons, saveunimap, screendump, setfont,
setkeycodes, setleds, setmetamode, setvesablank, showcfont, showkey,
splitfont, unicode_start, unicode_stop, vcstime, vt-is-URF8, writevt
</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Description</title>

<sect3>
<title>charset</title>

<para>
charset sets an ACM for use in one of the G0/G1 charsets slots.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>chvt</title>

<para>
chvt changes foreground virtual terminal.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>codepage</title>

<para>
No description available.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>consolechars</title>

<para>
consolechars loads EGA/VGA console screen fonts, screen font maps and/or
application-charset maps.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>deallocvt</title>

<para>
deallocvt deallocates unused virtual terminals.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>dumpkeys</title>

<para>
dumpkeys dumps keyboard translation tables.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>fgconsole</title>

<para>
fgconsole prints the number of the active virtual terminal.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>fix_bs_and_del</title>

<para>
No description available.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>font2psf</title>

<para>
No description available.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>getkeycodes</title>

<para>
getkeycodes prints the kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>kbd_mode</title>

<para>
kbd_mode reports or sets the keyboard mode.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>loadkeys</title>

<para>
loadkeys loads keyboard translation tables.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>loadunimap</title>

<para>
No description available.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>mapscrn</title>

<para>
No description available.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>mk_modmap</title>

<para>
No description available.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>openvt</title>

<para>
openvt starts a program on a new virtual terminal.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>psfaddtable</title>

<para>
psfaddtable adds a Unicode character table to a console font.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>psfgettable</title>

<para>
psfgettable extracts the embedded Unicode character table from a console
font.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>psfstriptable</title>

<para>
psfstriptable removes the embedded Unicode character table from a
console font.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>resizecons</title>

<para>
resizecons changes the kernel idea of the console size.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>saveunimap</title>

<para>
No description available.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>screendump</title>

<para>
No description available.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>setfont</title>

<para>
No description available.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>setkeycodes</title>

<para>
setkeycodes loads kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table entries.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>setleds</title>

<para>
setleds sets the keyboard leds.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>setmetamode</title>

<para>
setmetamode defines the keyboard meta key handling.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>setvesablank</title>

<para>
No description available.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>showcfont</title>

<para>
showcfont displays all character in the current screenfont.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>showkey</title>

<para>
showkey examines the scancodes and keycodes sent by the keyboard.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>splitfont</title>

<para>
No description available.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>unicode_start</title>

<para>
unicode_start puts the console in Unicode mode.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>unicode_stop</title>

<para>
No description available.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>vcstime</title>

<para>
No description available.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>vt-is-UTF8</title>

<para>
vt-is-UTF8 checks whether the current virtual terminal is in UTF8- or
byte-mode.
</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>writevt</title>

<para>
No description available.
</para>

</sect3>

</sect2>