44 lines
968 B
Groff
44 lines
968 B
Groff
.Dd October 5, 2015
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.Dt KBLAYOUT 5
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm kblayout
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.Nd initial keyboard layout
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm /etc/kblayout
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm kblayout
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file is read on boot by
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.Xr init 8
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and names a file in
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.Pa /share/kblayout
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that is loaded and set as the keyboard layout.
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The default kernel US keyboard layout is retained if the file is missing.
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.Pp
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The kernel translates the raw keyboard scancodes into unicode codepoints using
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the keyboard layout table associated with the terminal.
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Keyboard layout tables are compiled from a textual description with
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.Xr kblayout-compiler 1
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into compressed binary tables.
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.Sh FORMAT
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The file must contain a filename of
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.Pa /share/kblayout
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on a single line.
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width "/share/kblayout" -compact
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.It Pa /etc/kblayout
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Name of initial keyboard layout.
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.It Pa /share/kblayout
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Keyboard layouts.
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.El
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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.Bd -literal
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dk
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.Ed
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr chkblayout 1 ,
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.Xr kblayout-compiler 1 ,
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.Xr tcsetblob 2 ,
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.Xr init 8
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