kbdinfo - Man Page
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)