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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2003-11-07 09:00:44 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2003-11-07 09:00:44 +0000
commit0bd7685b56f6cb39bf125bfa49be39b32f3571b4 (patch)
tree773f49c6cfc99752ff1af96222517298c73f7aad /sbin/wsconsctl
parent9ee0b99a507293be0459cc2b2fe5b8537d4030e2 (diff)
- document /etc/kbdtype
- sort options list and FILES - put example descriptions before examples and indent them ok mickey@
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/wsconsctl')
-rw-r--r--sbin/wsconsctl/wsconsctl.854
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/wsconsctl/wsconsctl.8 b/sbin/wsconsctl/wsconsctl.8
index 6d267eeef26..3af00ce0c14 100644
--- a/sbin/wsconsctl/wsconsctl.8
+++ b/sbin/wsconsctl/wsconsctl.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: wsconsctl.8,v 1.15 2003/06/03 13:16:09 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: wsconsctl.8,v 1.16 2003/11/07 09:00:43 jmc Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: wsconsctl.8,v 1.5 1999/09/12 18:47:11 kleink Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1998 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl a
Print all device variables and their current values.
+.It Fl n
+Suppress printing of the variable name in the output.
.It Fl w Ar name=value
Attempt to set the specified variable
.Ar name
@@ -82,8 +84,6 @@ symbol.
See the
.Sx EXAMPLES
section for more details.
-.It Fl n
-Suppress printing of the variable name in the output.
.El
.Pp
The
@@ -110,28 +110,31 @@ Use the
.Xr kbd 8
utility to determine which keyboard encodings are available for your
country.
+.Pp
+A keyboard mapping can also be specified in
+.Pa /etc/kbdtype .
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /usr/include/dev/wscons/wsconsio.h -compact
+.It Pa /dev/ttyC0
+display control device
.It Pa /dev/wskbd0
keyboard control device
.It Pa /dev/wsmouse0
mouse control device
-.It Pa /dev/ttyC0
-display control device
-.It Pa /usr/include/dev/wscons/wsconsio.h
-keyboard/mouse/display definitions
+.It Pa /etc/kbdtype
+default keyboard mapping
.It Pa /etc/wsconsctl.conf
a list of parameters that get set at system startup time from
.Xr rc 8
+.It Pa /usr/include/dev/wscons/wsconsio.h
+keyboard/mouse/display definitions
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
-.Li # wsconsctl -w keyboard.encoding=uk
-.Pp
-Sets a UK keyboard encoding.
+Set a UK keyboard encoding:
.Pp
-.Li # wsconsctl -w keyboard.map+="keysym Caps_Lock = Control_L"
+.Dl # wsconsctl -w keyboard.encoding=uk
.Pp
-Modifies the current keyboard encoding so that, when the
+Modify the current keyboard encoding so that, when the
.Ar Caps Lock
key is pressed, the same encoding sequence as
.Ar Left Control
@@ -141,18 +144,17 @@ to the
.Ar /usr/include/dev/wscons/wsksymdef.h
file.
.Pp
-.Li # wsconsctl -w keyboard.map+="keycode 184=Mode_switch"
+.Dl # wsconsctl -w keyboard.map+="keysym Caps_Lock = Control_L"
.Pp
-Assigns the
+Assign the
.Ar Right Alt
-key to be the group modifier (layout is changed while the key is pressed).
+key to be the group modifier (layout is changed while the key is pressed):
.Pp
-.Li # wsconsctl -w keyboard.map+="keycode 157=Mode_Lock"
+.Dl # wsconsctl -w keyboard.map+="keycode 184=Mode_switch"
.Pp
-Assigns the
+Assign the
.Ar Right Control
key to be the lock for the group modifier.
-.Pp
The effect of
.Ar Mode_Lock
and
@@ -163,9 +165,9 @@ and
.Ar Shift
behaviour.
.Pp
-.Li # wsconsctl -w keyboard.encoding=us.swapctrlcaps
+.Dl # wsconsctl -w keyboard.map+="keycode 157=Mode_Lock"
.Pp
-Sets a US keyboard encoding, with the
+Set a US keyboard encoding, with the
.Ar Caps Lock
and
.Ar Left Control
@@ -176,15 +178,17 @@ encoding does not work for all national keyboard encodings.
For most purposes, the ability to set the value returned
by the
.Ar Caps Lock
-key is enough - see the previous example for details.
+key is enough \- see the previous example for details.
+.Pp
+.Dl # wsconsctl -w keyboard.encoding=us.swapctrlcaps
.Pp
-.Li # wsconsctl -w keyboard.bell.pitch=1200
+Set the bell pitch to be 1200:
.Pp
-Sets the bell pitch to be 1200.
+.Dl # wsconsctl -w keyboard.bell.pitch=1200
.Pp
-.Li # wsconsctl -w keyboard.bell.pitch+=200
+Add 200 to the current pitch of the bell:
.Pp
-Adds 200 to the current pitch of the bell.
+.Dl # wsconsctl -w keyboard.bell.pitch+=200
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr pckbd 4 ,
.Xr wscons 4 ,