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authorhoek <hoek@FreeBSD.org>1998-06-29 06:56:40 +0000
committerhoek <hoek@FreeBSD.org>1998-06-29 06:56:40 +0000
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A little typos and grammer fixes.
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/keyboard.4 b/share/man/man4/keyboard.4
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--- a/share/man/man4/keyboard.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/keyboard.4
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.\"
-.\" $Id: keyboard.4,v 1.13 1998/03/12 07:30:34 charnier Exp $
+.\" $Id: keyboard.4,v 1.14 1998/06/08 06:11:59 jkoshy Exp $
.\"
.Dd January 8, 1995
.Dt KEYBOARD 4 i386
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ To switch between the virtual consoles use the sequence
.Ar ALT+Fn
, which means hold down ALT and press one of the function keys. The
virtual console with the same number as the function key is then
-selected as the current virtual console, and given exclusive use of
+selected as the current virtual console and given exclusive use of
the keyboard and display.
The console allows entering values that are not physically
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ The field n_keys tells the system how many keydefinitions (scancodes)
follows. Each scancode is then specified in the key_t substructure.
Each scancode can be translated to any of 8 different values, depending
-on the shift, control, and alt state. These eight possibilities is
+on the shift, control, and alt state. These eight possibilities are
represented by the map array, as shown below:
alt
@@ -79,14 +79,14 @@ represented by the map array, as shown below:
0x1E 'a' 'A' 0x01 0x01 'a' 'A' 0x01 0x01
This is the default mapping for the key labelled 'A' which normally has
-scancode 0x1E. The eight states is as shown, giving the 'A' key its
+scancode 0x1E. The eight states are as shown, giving the 'A' key its
normal behavior.
The spcl field is used to give the key "special" treatment, and is
interpreted as follows.
-Each bit correspond to one of the states above. If the bit is 0 the
+Each bit corresponds to one of the states above. If the bit is 0 the
key emits the number defined in the corresponding map[] entry.
If the bit is 1 the key is "special". This means it does not emit
-anything, instead it changes the "state". That means it is a shift,
+anything; instead it changes the "state". That means it is a shift,
control, alt, lock, switch-screen, function-key or no-op key.
The bitmap is backwards ie. 7 for base, 6 for shift etc.
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ The flgs field defines if the key should react on caps-lock (1),
num-lock (2), both (3) or ignore both (0).
The kbdcontrol utility is used to load such a description into/outof
-the kernel at runtime. This make it possible to change the key
+the kernel at runtime. This makes it possible to change the key
assignments at runtime, or more important to get (GIO_KEYMAP ioctl)
the exact key meanings from the kernel (fx. used by the X server).
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ The field keynum defines which function key that is programmed.
The array keydef should contain the new string to be used (MAXFK long),
and the length should be entered in flen.
-The GETFKEY ioctl call works in a similar manner, execpt it returns
+The GETFKEY ioctl call works in a similar manner, except it returns
the current setting of keynum.
The function keys are numbered like this:
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