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KBDMAP(1)              DragonFly General Commands Manual             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 selection) from the
     user.

     It is strongly recommended to not choose MS-DOS codepage keymaps or
     fonts.  Use the ISO standard version if available!  X11 does not support
     MS-DOS codepage.

     The following options are available:

     -K      Run as command kbdmap.

     -V      Run as command vidfont.

     -d, -default
             Use default language.  Ignore LANG environment variable.

     -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/share/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.

DragonFly 3.5                    July 3, 2002                    DragonFly 3.5

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