Manual: kbd_mode

KBD_MODE(1)					   General Commands Manual					 KBD_MODE(1)

NAME
       kbd_mode - report or set the keyboard mode

SYNOPSIS
       kbd_mode [ -a | -u | -k | -s ] [ -f ] [ -C CONSOLE ]

DESCRIPTION
       Without	argument,  kbd_mode  prints the current keyboard mode (RAW, MEDIUMRAW or XLATE).  With argument, it sets the
       keyboard mode as indicated:

       -s: scancode mode (RAW),

       -k: keycode mode (MEDIUMRAW),

       -a: ASCII mode (XLATE),

       -u: UTF-8 mode (UNICODE).

       Of course the "-a" is only traditional, and the code used can be any 8-bit character set.  With "-u" a 16-bit charac‐
       ter set is expected, and these chars are transmitted to the kernel as 1, 2, or 3 bytes (following the UTF-8  coding).
       In these latter two modes the key mapping defined by loadkeys(1) is used.

       kbd_mode operates on the console specified by the "-C" option; if there is none, the console associated with stdin is
       used.

       Warning: changing the keyboard mode, other than between ASCII and Unicode, will probably make your keyboard unusable.
       Set  the "-f" option to force such changes.  This command is only meant for use (say via remote login) when some pro‐
       gram left your keyboard in the wrong state.  Note that in some obsolete versions of this program the "-u" option	 was
       a synonym for "-s" and older versions of this program may not recognize the "-f" option.

AUTHORS
       Andries Brouwer 

SEE ALSO
       loadkeys(1)

kbd							 6 Apr 1994						 KBD_MODE(1)