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Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man4/keyboard.4')
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/keyboard.4 b/share/man/man4/keyboard.4 index f74b5ec..346e570 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/keyboard.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/keyboard.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.Dd April 7, 1993 +.Dd January 8, 1995 .Dt KEYBOARD 4 .Os FreeBSD .Sh NAME @@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ then enter a decimal number from 0-255 via the numerical keypad, then release ALT. The entered value is then used as the ASCII value for one character. This way it is possible to enter any ASCII value, not present on the keyboard. +The console driver also includes a history function. It is activatet by +pressing the scroll-lock key. This holds the display, and enables the cursor +arrows for scrolling up and down through the last scrolled out lines. + The keyboard is configurable to suit the individual user and the different national layout. @@ -86,7 +90,7 @@ The bitmap is backwards ie. 7 for base, 6 for shift etc. The flgs field defines if the key should react on caps-lock (1), num-lock (2), both (3) or ignore both (0). -The mapkbd utility is used to load such a description into/outof +The kbdcontrol utility is used to load such a description into/outof the kernel at runtime. This make 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). @@ -129,7 +133,8 @@ The function keys are numbered like this: Page down key 59 Insert key 60 .Ed + +The kbdcontrol utility also allows changing these values at runtime. .Pp .Sh AUTHOR - Søren Schmidt - Email: (sos@login.dkuug.dk -or- sos@kmd-ac.dk) + Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) |
