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  1. <sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
  2. <sect2><title>Descriptions</title>
  3. <para>(Last checked against version &kbd-contversion;.)</para>
  4. <sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title>
  5. <sect4><title>chvt</title>
  6. <para>chvt changes foreground virtual terminal.</para></sect4>
  7. <sect4><title>deallocvt</title>
  8. <para>deallocvt deallocates unused virtual terminals.</para></sect4>
  9. <sect4><title>dumpkeys</title>
  10. <para>dumpkeys dumps keyboard translation tables.</para></sect4>
  11. <sect4><title>fgconsole</title>
  12. <para>fgconsole prints the number of the active virtual terminal.</para></sect4>
  13. <sect4><title>getkeycodes</title>
  14. <para>getkeycodes prints the kernel scancode-to-keycode
  15. mapping table.</para></sect4>
  16. <sect4><title>getunimap</title>
  17. <para>getunimap prints the currently used unimap.</para></sect4>
  18. <sect4><title>kbd_mode</title>
  19. <para>kbd_mode reports or sets the keyboard mode.</para></sect4>
  20. <sect4><title>kbdrate</title>
  21. <para>kbdrate sets the keyboard repeat and delay rates.</para></sect4>
  22. <sect4><title>loadkeys</title>
  23. <para>loadkeys loads keyboard translation tables.</para></sect4>
  24. <sect4><title>loadunimap</title>
  25. <para>loadunimap loads the kernel unicode-to-font mapping table.</para></sect4>
  26. <sect4><title>mapscrn</title>
  27. <para>mapscrn loads a user defined output character
  28. mapping table into the console driver. Note that it is obsolete and that its
  29. features are built into setfont.</para></sect4>
  30. <sect4><title>openvt</title>
  31. <para>openvt starts a program on a new virtual terminal (VT).</para></sect4>
  32. <sect4><title>psfaddtable, psfgettable, psfstriptable, psfxtable</title>
  33. <para>These are a set of tools for handling Unicode character tables for
  34. console fonts.</para></sect4>
  35. <sect4><title>resizecons</title>
  36. <para>resizecons changes the kernel idea of the console size.</para></sect4>
  37. <sect4><title>setfont</title>
  38. <para>This lets you change the EGA/VGA fonts in console.</para></sect4>
  39. <sect4><title>setkeycodes</title>
  40. <para>setkeycodes loads kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping
  41. table entries.</para></sect4>
  42. <sect4><title>setleds</title>
  43. <para>setleds sets the keyboard LEDs. Many people find it useful to have numlock
  44. enabled by default and, by using this program, you can
  45. achieve this.</para></sect4>
  46. <sect4><title>setlogcons</title>
  47. <para>setlogcons sends kernel messages to the console.</para></sect4>
  48. <sect4><title>setmetamode</title>
  49. <para>setmetamode defines the keyboard meta key handling.</para></sect4>
  50. <sect4><title>setvesablank</title>
  51. <para>This lets you fiddle with the built-in hardware screensaver
  52. (not toasters, only a blank screen).</para></sect4>
  53. <sect4><title>showfont</title>
  54. <para>showfont displays data about a font. The information shown includes font
  55. information, font properties, character metrics and
  56. character bitmaps.</para></sect4>
  57. <sect4><title>showkey</title>
  58. <para>showkey examines the scancodes and keycodes sent by
  59. the keyboard.</para></sect4>
  60. <sect4><title>unicode_start</title>
  61. <para>unicode_start puts the console in Unicode mode.</para></sect4>
  62. <sect4><title>unicode_stop</title>
  63. <para>unicode_stop reverts keyboard and console from
  64. unicode mode.</para></sect4>
  65. </sect3>
  66. </sect2>