Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)

FreeBSD Manual Pages

  
 
  

home | help 
KBDMAP(1)		     General Commands Manual		       KBDMAP(1)

NAME
     kbdmap, vidfont -- system video console keyboard map/font dialog utilities

SYNOPSIS
     kbdmap [-K] [-V] [-d | -default] [-h | -help] [-l | -lang language]
	    [-p | -print] [-r | -restore] [-s | -show] [-v | -verbose]

DESCRIPTION
     The  kbdmap  utility allows easy setting of available keymaps.  The vidfont
     command allows the setting of fonts.   Both  examine  a  database	for  the
     keymaps and fonts.  Descriptions are in English by default, but may also be
     in  other languages.  These programs are interactive and expect to run in a
     terminal to get required input (e.g., a keymap selection) from the user.

     It is strongly recommended to not choose MSDOS codepage keymaps  or  fonts.
     Use  the  ISO  standard  version  if available!  X11 does not support MSDOS
     codepage.

     The following options are available:

     -K      Run as command kbdmap.

     -V      Run as command vidfont.

     -d, -default
	     Use default language.  Ignore LANG environment variable.

     -h, -help
	     Print options and exit.

     -l, -lang language
	     Use language for description and menu.

     -p, -print
	     Print description of available keymaps or fonts to stdout and exit.

     -r, -restore
	     Load default font from /etc/rc.conf.

     -s, -show
	     Show currently supported languages and exit.

     -v, -verbose
	     More warnings.

ENVIRONMENT
     LANG  preferred language

FILES
     /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/INDEX.keymaps
     /usr/share/vt/keymaps/INDEX.keymaps       database for keymaps
     /usr/share/syscons/fonts/INDEX.fonts
     /usr/share/vt/fonts/INDEX.fonts	       database for fonts
     /etc/rc.conf			       default font
     /usr/local/share/locale/locale.alias      describe common LANG values

SEE ALSO
     dialog(1),  kbdcontrol(1),  vidcontrol(1),  syscons(4),  vt(4),  kbdmap(5),
     rc.conf(5)

HISTORY
     The kbdmap and vidfont commands appeared in FreeBSD 2.1.

AUTHORS
     Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org> wrote the original Perl version.  The
     current  version was rewritten in C by Jonathan Belson <jon@witchspace.com>
     for FreeBSD 5.0.

BUGS
     The kbdmap and vidfont utilities work only on a (virtual) console	and  not
     with X11.

FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly	  July 7, 2024			       KBDMAP(1)

Want to link to this manual page? Use this URL:
<https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=vidfont&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+15.1-RELEASE+and+Ports.quarterly>

home | help