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34 .Nd pcvt keyboard control and remapping
51 is used for controlling all aspects of keyboard configuration for the 'pcvt'
54 The available options are:
57 Specifies the delay after which the last key entered will be repeated by the
59 Valid values are 0..3 corresponding to delays of 250, 500, 750 and
62 Displays the current keyboard map in use by the driver.
64 Specifies the map entry to be searched in the keyboard capabilities database
66 The database is searched for the entry and if found, the mapping
67 is loaded and is used in the driver from then on.
69 Switches display of control codes to octal in the listing of the current map.
70 To be used in conjunction with the
74 Uses 'pure' output when listing - the Escape character is displayed in either
75 octal or hexadecimal and not as 'ESC'. To be used in conjunction with the
79 Specifies the character repetition rate.
80 Valid argument values are 0...31
81 corresponding to rates of 30 characters/second ... 2 characters/second.
85 Displays the current settings of the rate and delay values.
87 Specify this option to enable
91 the repetition of keys.
93 Switches display of control codes to hexadecimal in the listing of the current map.
94 To be used in conjunction with the
97 This is the default behaviour.
100 .Bl -tag -width /usr/share/misc/keycap.pcvt -compact
101 .It Pa /usr/share/misc/keycap.pcvt
102 Keyboard capabilities data base file if nothing else was chosen during installation.
112 utility detects several inconsistencies in the keycap database.
115 exits with an error message.
116 If this happens, the keyboard may remain in
118 To recover from such situation, execute
119 .Dq Li kcon -m default .
123 loads the entry 'gb' from the keycap file into the keyboard to switch to
124 a british keyboard behaviour.
127 .Dq Li kcon -r 0 -d 0
128 switches the keyboard to emit characters at a rate of 30 characters per second
129 after a key has been held down for 250 milliseconds.