| KBDINFO(1) | General Commands Manual | KBDINFO(1) |
NAME¶
kbdinfo - 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.
- 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.
- 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)
| June 2019 | kbd |