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<P>The following packages contain keyboard or console related programs.
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<P><CODE>kbd-1.04.tar.gz</CODE> contains <CODE>loadkeys</CODE>, <CODE>dumpkeys</CODE>, <CODE>showkey</CODE>,
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<CODE>setmetamode</CODE>, <CODE>setleds</CODE>, <CODE>setfont</CODE>, <CODE>showfont</CODE>, <CODE>mapscrn</CODE>,
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<CODE>kbd_mode</CODE>, <CODE>kbdrate</CODE>, <CODE>loadunimap</CODE>, <CODE>chvt</CODE>, <CODE>resizecons</CODE>,
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<CODE>deallocvt</CODE>, <CODE>getkeycodes</CODE>, <CODE>setkeycodes</CODE>.
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<P><CODE>kbd-1.06.tar.gz</CODE> contains <CODE>loadkeys</CODE>, <CODE>dumpkeys</CODE>, <CODE>showkey</CODE>,
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<CODE>setmetamode</CODE>, <CODE>setleds</CODE>, <CODE>setfont</CODE>, <CODE>showconsolefont</CODE>,
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<CODE>mapscrn</CODE>, <CODE>kbd_mode</CODE>, <CODE>kbdrate</CODE>, <CODE>loadunimap</CODE>, <CODE>chvt</CODE>,
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<CODE>resizecons</CODE>, <CODE>deallocvt</CODE>, <CODE>getkeycodes</CODE>, <CODE>setkeycodes</CODE>.
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It also contains <CODE>openvt</CODE>, formerly called <CODE>open</CODE>.
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<P>There exists a clone of the kbd package, namely <CODE>console-tools</CODE>,
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that contains more or less the same stuff. The latest version,
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<CODE>console-tools-0.3.3</CODE> is roughly up-to-date with <CODE>kbd-0.99</CODE>.
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<P><CODE>SVGATextMode-1.10</CODE> contains <CODE>SVGATextMode</CODE>, a program that
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obsoletes <CODE>resizecons</CODE>.
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<P><CODE>util-linux-2.10</CODE> contains <CODE>setterm</CODE>, <CODE>kbdrate</CODE>.
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<P><CODE>util-linux-2.11</CODE> contains <CODE>setterm</CODE>.
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<P><CODE>sh-utils-1.12</CODE> contains <CODE>stty</CODE>.
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<P>See also <CODE>dynamic-vc-1.2.tar.gz</CODE> and <CODE>consd-1.3.tgz</CODE> for
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programs that exploit the `Keyboard Signal' key. Very primitive
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Their contents can be examined using the program <CODE>infocmp</CODE>,
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<P>The Linux console sequences are documented in console_codes(4).
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<P>The package <CODE>funkey</CODE> by Rick van Rein provides support
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for all these new keys modern keyboards have. See
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<A HREF="http://rick.vanrein.org/linux/funkey">rick.vanrein.org/linux/funkey</A>.
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