Section 1 · User commands
kbdinfo.1
Package: kbd
KBDINFO
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
AUTHORS
SEE ALSO
NAME
kbdinfo − read information about keyboard state
SYNOPSIS
kbdinfo [options] getmode [text|graphics] **
kbdinfo** [options] gkbmode [raw|xlate|mediumraw|unicode] **
kbdinfo** [options] gkbmeta [metabit|escprefix] **
kbdinfo** [options] gkbled [scrolllock|numlock|capslock]
DESCRIPTION
The utility allows you to read and check various parameters of the keyboard and virtual console.
| getmode | Get or check virtual console mode. | |||
| gkbmode | Gets current keyboard mode. |
raw
| Raw (scancode) mode. These are the raw codes generated by the keyboard. | |||
| mediumraw | Medium raw (scancode) mode. This is extended medium raw mode, with keys above 127 encoded as 0, high 7 bits, low 7 bits, with the 0 bearing the ’up’ flag if needed. 0 is reserved, so this shouldn’t interfere with anything else. The two bytes after 0 will always have the up flag set not to interfere with older applications. This allows for 16384 different keycodes, which should be enough. | ||
| xlate | Translate keycodes using keymap. These are the codes generated via the current keysym mapping. | ||
| unicode | Unicode mode. | ||
| gkbmeta |
Gets meta key handling mode.
| escprefix | Specifies if pressing the meta (alt) key generates an ESC (\033) prefix followed by the keysym. | ||
| metabit | The keysym marked with the high bit set. | ||
| gkbled |
Get keyboard flags CapsLock, NumLock, ScrollLock (not lights).
| scrolllock | The scroll lock is down. | |||
| numlock | The num lock is down. | |||
| capslock | The caps lock is down. |
OPTIONS
−C, −−console=DEV
the console device to be used;
−V, −−version
print version number;
−h, −−help
print this usage message.
AUTHORS
Written by Alexey Gladkov.
SEE ALSO
kbdrate(1), setleds(1), kbd_mode(1)