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25.\" $FreeBSD$
26
27.Dd Mar 25, 1995
28.Dt KBDMAP 1
29.Os FreeBSD
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm kbdmap ,
32.Nm vidfont
33.Nd front end for syscons
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.Nm kbdmap
36.Op Fl K
37.Op Fl V
38.Op Fl d | Fl default
39.Op Fl h | Fl help
40.Op Fl l | Fl lang Ar language
41.Op Fl p | Fl print
42.Op Fl r | Fl restore
43.Op Fl s | Fl show
44.Op Fl v | Fl verbose
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46.Nm Kbdmap
47allows easy setting of available keymaps.
48The
49.Nm vidfont
50command allows the setting of fonts.
51Both examine a database for the keymaps and fonts.
52Descriptions are in English by default, but may also be
53in other languages.
54.Pp
55It is strongly recommended to not choose
56.Tn MSDOS
57codepage keymaps
58or fonts. Use the
59.Tn ISO
60standard version if available!
61.Tn X11
62does not
63support
64.Tn MSDOS
65codepage.
66.Pp
67The following options are available:
68.Bl -tag -width indent
69.It Fl K
70Run as command
71.Xr kbdmap 1 .
72.It Fl V
73Run as command
74.Xr vidfont 1 .
75.It Fl d , Fl default
76Use default language. Ignore
77.Ev LANG
78environment variable.
79.It Fl h , Fl help
80Print options and exit.
81.It Fl l , Fl lang Ar language
82Use
83.Ar language
84for description and menu
85.It Fl p , Fl print
86Print description  of available keymaps or fonts
87to stdout and exit.
88.It Fl r , Fl restore
89Load default font from
90.Pa /etc/rc.conf .
91.It Fl s , Fl show
92Show currently supported languages and exit.
93.It Fl v , Fl verbose
94More warnings.
95.El
96.Sh ENVIRONMENT
97.Bl -tag -width /etc/master.passwdxx -compact
98.Ev LANG
99preferred language
100.El
101.Sh FILES
102.Bl -tag -width /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/INDEX.keymaps -compact
103.It Pa /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/INDEX.keymaps
104database for keymaps
105.It Pa /usr/share/syscons/fonts/INDEX.fonts
106database for fonts
107.It Pa /etc/rc.conf
108default font
109.It Pa /usr/X11/lib/X11/locale/locale.alias
110describe common
111.Ev LANG
112values
113.El
114.Sh BUGS
115.\" .Nm kbdmap/vidfont
116.\" does not know which font is in use. E.g. if the current font
117.\" is iso-8859-1 and you chose lang 'ru' (for Russian)
118.\" you get funny latin1 characters and not russkij shrift.
119.\"
120.Nm Vidcontrol
121and
122.Nm kbdcontrol
123work only on a (virtual) console and not with
124.Tn X11 .
125.Sh SEE ALSO
126.Xr dialog 1 ,
127.Xr kbdcontrol 1 ,
128.Xr vidcontrol 1 ,
129.Xr rc.conf 5
130.Sh HISTORY
131The
132.Nm kbdmap
133and
134.Nm vidfont
135commands appeared in
136.Fx 2.1 .
137.Sh AUTHORS
138.An Wolfram Schneider
139.Aq wosch@FreeBSD.org ,
140Berlin.
141