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.\" Copyright (c) 1992, 1995 Hellmuth Michaelis, Brian Dunford-Shore,
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.\" Joerg Wunsch and Holger Veit.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by Hellmuth Michaelis,
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.\" Brian Dunford-Shore, Joerg Wunsch and Holger Veit.
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.\" @(#)pcvt.4, 3.20, Last Edit-Date: [Sun Apr 2 18:23:39 1995]
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.\" $Id: pcvt.4,v 1.8 1997/03/21 20:13:53 mpp Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Man page pcvt(4) created after pcvt_ioctl.h on 13-Jan-93
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.\" by Joerg Wunsch
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.\"
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.\" updated for rel 2.10 (-hm)
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.\" updated for rel 2.20 (-hm)
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.\" updated for rel 3.00 (-jw)
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.\" updated for final rel 3.00 (-hm)
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.\" removed references to 386BSD (-hm)
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.\"
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.Dd February 27, 1994
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.Dt PCVT 4 i386
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm pcvt ,
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.Nm vt
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.Nd PC console virtual screen system
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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options
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.Do
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.Em PCVT_FREEBSD = version
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.Em PCVT_NETBSD = version
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.Dc
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.br
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.Op options Dq Em PCVT_NSCREENS = number
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.br
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.Op options Dq Em PCVT_XXXX
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.Po
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see
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.Sx Configuration
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below
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.Pc
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.Pp
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device
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.Em vt0
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at
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.Em isa?
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port
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.Dq Em IO_KBD
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.Em tty
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irq
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.Em 1
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vector
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.Em pcrint
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Ss Overview
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The
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.Nm pcvt
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driver provides a virtual screen system with several additional
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features not available in historic console drivers.
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Besides the ability of handling
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multiple virtual screens,
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the probably most important is an emulation of a wide range
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of DEC VT-220
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.if t \(tm
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.if n (TM)
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functionality. See
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.Sx Features
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for a detailed description.
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.Ss Features
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.Bl -bullet
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.It
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Almost full DEC VT220
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.if t \(tm
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.if n (TM)
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functionality
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.Po
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moving towards VT320
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.if t \(tm
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.if n (TM)
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.Pc
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.It
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Completely independent virtual terminals for MDA/HGC/CGA/EGA and VGA
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.It
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25, 28, 35, 40, 43 or 50x80 screen resolution for each virtual screen
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.It
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Fully remappable keyboard to support national keyboards
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.It
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All VT220 character sets plus ISO Latin-1 and DEC technical supported
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.It
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VT220 downloadable character set supported when run on EGA/VGA
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.It
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VT220 user defined keys for each virtual terminal
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.It
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Optional function key label support
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.if t \('a
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.if n 'a
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la Hewlett-Packard
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.It
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Display function codes functionality
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.It
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Support for MDA, CGA, EGA and VGA display adaptors
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.It
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Support for 132 column operation on VGA chipsets
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.It
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X Window Support for XFree86 >= 1.2 using the pccons model, or
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for XFree86 >= 2.0 using the syscons model
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.Po
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requires
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.Em PCVT_USL_VT_COMPAT
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to be configured
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.Pc
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.El
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What it cannot:
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.Bl -bullet
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.It
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No double wide/high characters
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.It
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No softscroll
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.It
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No inverse background
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.It
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No VT220 printer output support
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.It
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No VT52 support at all
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.It
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No 8-bit controls
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.It
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Only limited AT-keyboard
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.Pq 84 keys
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support
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.Pq yet
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.It
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Help you to make money...
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.El
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.Ss Configuration
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The
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.Nm pcvt
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console driver is currently available for the Intel-based BSD operating
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systems
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.Tn NetBSD/i386
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(release 0.9 or higher),
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and
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.Tn FreeBSD
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(release 1.0-GAMMA or higher) .
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In order to get the appropriate system support, one of the options
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.Em PCVT_NETBSD ,
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or
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.Em PCVT_FREEBSD
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must be defined in the system's config file
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.Pq see Xr config 8 .
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In addition, for the
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.Tn FreeBSD
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and
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.Tn NetBSD
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operating systems, it is necessary to set this option to the operating
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system's version number.
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For
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.Tn FreeBSD
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this version number must be expressed as a 3-digit number.
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E.\& g., if you are running the 1.0 release
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.Pq which is actually version 1.0.2 ,
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you should define
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.Em PCVT_FREEBSD = 102
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For
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.Em NetBSD
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this version number must be expressed as 9 if you are running NetBSD 0.9
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and anything greater than 9 for NetBSD-current (pre 1.0). It is recommended
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to use (as with
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.Tn FreeBSD )
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100 for
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.Nx 1.0
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and 999 for
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.Tn NetBSD-current.
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E.g., if you are running the
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.Nx 1.0
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release, you should define
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.Em PCVT_NETBSD = 100
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The
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.Nm pcvt
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driver has been designed to be highly configurable in order to satisfy
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everyone's needs. The preferred way for those configurations is to
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provide appropriate
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.Em options
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lines within the config file, possibly overriding the built-in default
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values. Therefore it is possible to compile several distinct kernels
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with different driver behaviour on a single machine.
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The following list gives a short overview of the available configuration
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options. Refer to the file
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.Pa i386/isa/pcvt/pcvt_hdr.h
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in the kernel source tree for detailed documentation.
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Note: the following conventions apply to all the Boolean options.
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If an option is given with no value, a value of 1
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.Pq activated
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is substituted. If an option value is given as 0, this options is
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deactivated. Any other value is substituted by 1, too. If an option
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is omitted, a built-in default is assumed.
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.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
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.It Em PCVT_NSCREENS
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Defines the number of virtual screens.
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.br
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Default: 8
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.It Em PCVT_VT220KEYB
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If activated, a keyboard layout resembling a DEC VT200 (TM) is generated.
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If deactivated, a mixture between VT220 and HP is used. See the files
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.Pa Keyboard.VT
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and
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.Pa Keyboard.HP
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in the
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.Nm pcvt
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documentation directory for a full description.
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.br
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Default: off
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.It Em PCVT_SCREENSAVER
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Enables the builtin screensaver feature.
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.br
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Default: on
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.It Em PCVT_PRETTYSCRNS
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If enabled, a blinking-star screensaver is used. If disabled, the screen
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is simply blanked
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.Pq which might be useful for energy-saving monitors .
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.br
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Default: on
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.It Em PCVT_CTRL_ALT_DEL
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If enabled, the key combination
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.Aq Em Ctrl
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.Aq Em Alt
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.Aq Em Del
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invokes a CPU reset.
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.br
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Default: off
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.It Em PCVT_USEKBDSEC
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Do NOT override a security lock for the keyboard.
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.br
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Default: on
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.It Em PCVT_24LINESDEF
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If enabled, the 25-line modi
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.Po
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VT emulation with 25 lines, and HP emulation with 28 lines
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.Pc
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default to 24 lines only to provide a better compatibility to the
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original DEV VT220 (TM). Thus it should be possible to use the
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terminal information for those terminals without further changes.
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Note that this is a startup option; it is possible to toggle between
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the 24- and 25-lines' display by the
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.Xr scon 1
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utility.
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.br
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Default: off
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.It Em PCVT_EMU_MOUSE
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Emulate a three-button mouse via the keypad. Useful for notebooks when
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running XFree86. See
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.Sx Mouse emulation
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below.
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.br
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Default: off
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.It Em PCVT_META_ESC
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If enabled, a sequence composed of
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.Aq Em esc ,
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followed by the normal key code is emitted if a key is pressed with the
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.Aq Em Alt
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key modifier. If disabled, then normal key code with the value
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.Em 0x80
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added is sent.
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.br
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Default: off
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.El
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Note that there are further options available which are mainly used for
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debugging purposes or as a workaround for hardware problems. They are
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found in
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.Pa i386/isa/pcvt/pcvt_hdr.h
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along with their documentation.
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.Ss Internal Functions
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The functionality described below may be accessed via
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.Xr ioctl 2
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system calls with a file descriptor opened on a device node
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related to the
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.Nm pcvt
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driver.
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To make use of them, a program should contain the following line:
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.Dl #include <machine/pcvt_ioctl.h>
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Any parameter definitions cited below can be found in that file.
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.Em Keyboard related functions
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Three functions are related to basic keyboard hardware:
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.Bl -tag -width 20n -offset indent -compact
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.It KBDRESET
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reset keyboard, set defaults;
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.It KBDGTPMAT
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get current typematic value, parameter is a pointer to int where
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the values is stored to;
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.It KBDSTPMAT
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set current typematic value, similar to above command.
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.El
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Symbolic values are available for the appropriate constants.
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To specify the initial typematic delay time, they are
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KBD_TPD250 for 250 ms through
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KBD_TPD1000 for 1000 ms, in steps of 250 ms. The typematic repeat
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rates are
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KBD_TPM300, specifying 30.0 characters per second through
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KBD_TPM20 for 2.0 characters per second. The intermediate values
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are: 30.0, 26.7, 24.0, 21.8, 20.0, 18.5, 17.1, 16.0, 15.0, 13.3,
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12.0, 10.9, 10.0, 9.2, 8.6, 8.0, 7.5, 6.7, 6.0, 5.5, 5.0, 4.6, 4.3,
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4.0, 3.7, 3.3, 3.0, 2.7, 2.5, 2.3, 2.1, 2.0 characters per second.
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.Bl -tag -width 20n -offset indent -compact
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.It KBDGREPSW
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get key repetition switch, and
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.It KBDSREPSW
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set key repetition switch
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.El
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again take a pointer to int as argument. They manipulate the
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drivers internal keyboard repetition flag, possible values are:
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KBD_REPEATOFF or KBD_REPEATON.
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.Bl -tag -width 20n -offset indent -compact
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.It KBDGLEDS
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get LED state, and
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.It KBDSLEDS
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set LED state manipulate the keyboard indicators, but do not influence
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the drivers idea of lock key state.
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.El
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The int where the argument points to
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may have the values
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KBD_SCROLLLOCK, KBD_NUMLOCK, KBD_CAPSLOCK, which may be used in any
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conjunction.
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.Bl -tag -width 20n -offset indent -compact
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.It KBDGLOCK
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gets state of SCROLL,NUM,CAPS, and
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.It KBDSLOCK
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sets state of SCROLL,NUM,CAPS + LEDs
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.El
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should be used in a same manner to get/set the drivers internal
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LED flags.
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.Em Keyboard remapping
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One important feature of the
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.Nm pcvt
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driver is its ability to overload the built in key definition.
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.Bl -tag -width 20n -offset indent -compact
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.It KBDGCKEY
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get current key values,
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.It KBDSCKEY
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set new key assignment values, and
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.It KBDGOKEY
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get original key assignment values
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.El
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arrange those functions. The take a pointer to a
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.Em struct kbd_ovlkey
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as argument as described below. In addition,
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.Bl -tag -width 20n -offset indent -compact
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.It KBDRMKEY
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removes a key assignment, taking a pointer to an int as argument which
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contains the affected key number;
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.It KBDDEFAULT
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removes all key assignments.
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.El
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.Bd -literal
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struct kbd_ovlkey /* complete definition of a key */
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{
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u_short keynum; /* the key itself */
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u_short type; /* type of key, see below */
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u_char subu; /* subtype, ignored on write */
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char unshift[KBDMAXOVLKEYSIZE+1]; /* emitted string, unshifted */
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u_char subs; /* subtype, ignored on write */
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char shift[KBDMAXOVLKEYSIZE+1]; /* emitted string, shifted */
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u_char subc; /* subtype, ignored on write */
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char ctrl[KBDMAXOVLKEYSIZE+1]; /* emitted string, control */
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u_char suba; /* subtype, ignored on write */
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char altgr[KBDMAXOVLKEYSIZE+1]; /* emitted string, altgr */
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};
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.Ed
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The appropriate values for the
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.Em type
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field are:
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.Bl -tag -width 20n -offset indent -compact
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.It KBD_NONE
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no function, key is disabled,
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.It KBD_SHIFT
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keyboard shift,
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.It KBD_META
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alternate shift, sets bit8 to ASCII code,
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.It KBD_NUM
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numeric shift, keypad numeric / application mode,
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.It KBD_CTL
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control code generation,
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.It KBD_CAPS
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caps shift - swaps case of letter,
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.It KBD_ASCII
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ASCII code generating key,
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.It KBD_SCROLL
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stop output,
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.It KBD_FUNC
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function key,
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.It KBD_KP
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keypad keys,
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.It KBD_BREAK
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ignored,
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.It KBD_ALTGR
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AltGr translation feature,
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.It KBD_SHFTLOCK
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shift lock,
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.It KBD_CURSOR
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cursor keys, and
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.It KBD_RETURN
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.Dq Return
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or
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.Dq Enter
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keys.
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.El
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The
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.Em subtype
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field contains one of the values
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.Bl -tag -width 20n -offset indent -compact
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.It KBD_SUBT_STR
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key is bound to a string, or
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.It KBD_SUBT_FNC
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key is bound to a function.
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.El
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.Em Mouse emulation
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The mouse emulator
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.Pq if configured in
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fakes a three-button mouse using the Mouse Systems protocol. The first
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.Nm pcvt
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device node not used by a virtual screen is the mouse device. I.\& e.,
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for the default value of 8 virtual screens,
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.Pa /dev/ttyv0
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through
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.Pa /dev/ttyv7
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would refer to the virtual screens, and
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.Pa /dev/ttyv8
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were the mouse emulator device. The mouse emulation is turned on by
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pressing the
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.Aq Em NumLock
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key. The pointer is moved by the numerical keypad keys, into the
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obvious directions. The pointer is initially moved in single steps,
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and is accelerated after an adjustable time
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.Pq default: 500 ms
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by about 6 times. The mouse buttons are emulated by three normal
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keys, by default the function keys
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.Aq Em \&F1 ,
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.Aq Em \&F2 ,
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and
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.Aq Em \&F3 .
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There are two selectable flavors available: normal and
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.Dq sticky
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buttons. Normal buttons behave as expected.
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.Dq Sticky
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buttons are notified as button-press on the first keypress. They
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.Dq stick
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until the key is pressed again
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.Pq or another button-emulating key instead .
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Button presses and releases are notified to the user by a simple
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.Dq pling ,
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or
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.Dq plong ,
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respectively, generated from the PC's built-in speaker.
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The following commands control the emulation.
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.Bl -tag -width 20n -offset indent -compact
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.It KBDMOUSEGET
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get the current definitions, and
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.It KBDMOUSESET
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set new definitions.
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.El
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Both accept a
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.Li struct mousedefs *
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as the third argument to the ioctl call:
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.Bd -literal
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struct mousedefs {
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int leftbutton; /* (PC) scan code for "left button" key */
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int middlebutton; /* (PC) scan code for "mid button" key */
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int rightbutton; /* (PC) scan code for "right button" key */
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int stickybuttons; /* if true, the buttons are "sticky" */
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int acceltime; /* timeout in microseconds to start pointer */
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/* movement acceleration */
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/* defaults to: scan(F1), scan(F2), scan(F3), false, 500000 */
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};
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.Ed
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.Em Downloadable character set interface
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EGA and VGA video adaptors provide the capability of downloadable
|
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software fonts. Since the
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|
.Sq native character set
|
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of any IBM-compatible PC video board does not allow the full interpretation
|
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of DEC multinational character set or ISO Latin-1
|
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.Pq ISO 8859-1 ,
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this might be very useful for a U**X environment.
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.Bl -tag -width 20n -offset indent -compact
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.It VGASETFONTATTR
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set font attr, and
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.It VGAGETFONTATTR
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get font attr
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.El
|
|
|
|
are used to manipulate the drivers information about a downloaded
|
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font. The take a pointer to a
|
|
.Em struct vgafontattr
|
|
as argument:
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.Bd -literal
|
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struct vgafontattr {
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int character_set; /* VGA character set */
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int font_loaded; /* Mark font loaded or unloaded */
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int screen_size; /* Character rows per screen */
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int character_scanlines; /* Scanlines per character - 1 */
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int screen_scanlines; /* Scanlines per screen - 1 byte */
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};
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.Ed
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Each character of each font is to be downloaded with
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.Bl -tag -width 20n -offset indent -compact
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.It VGALOADCHAR
|
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load vga char,
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.El
|
|
|
|
taking a pointer to
|
|
.Em struct vgaloadchar
|
|
as its argument:
|
|
.Bd -literal
|
|
struct vgaloadchar {
|
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int character_set; /* VGA character set to load into */
|
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int character; /* Character to load */
|
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int character_scanlines; /* Scanlines per character */
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u_char char_table[32]; /* VGA character shape table */
|
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};
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.Ed
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|
|
The field
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.Em character_set
|
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takes the values
|
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CH_SET0, CH_SET1, CH_SET2, CH_SET3 on EGA's or VGA's. Since VGA's
|
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might have up to eight simultaneously loaded fonts, they can take
|
|
CH_SET4, CH_SET5, CH_SET6, or CH_SET7, too.
|
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|
|
Note that there's a dependence between the font size
|
|
and a possible screen height
|
|
.Pq in character rows ,
|
|
depending on the video adaptor used:
|
|
.Bd -literal
|
|
Screen size (rows) on: EGA VGA
|
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Font size
|
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|
|
8 x 8 43 50
|
|
8 x 10 35 40
|
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8 x 14 25 28
|
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8 x 16 not 25
|
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applicable
|
|
.Ed
|
|
|
|
|
|
.Em General screen manipulation commands
|
|
|
|
.Bl -tag -width 20n -offset indent -compact
|
|
.It VGACURSOR
|
|
sets cursor shape,
|
|
.El
|
|
|
|
taking a pointer to the following structure as argument:
|
|
.Bd -literal
|
|
struct cursorshape {
|
|
int screen_no; /* screen number for which to set, */
|
|
/* or -1 to set on current active screen */
|
|
int start; /* top scanline, range 0... Character Height - 1 */
|
|
int end; /* end scanline, range 0... Character Height - 1 */
|
|
};
|
|
.Ed
|
|
|
|
.Bl -tag -width 20n -offset indent -compact
|
|
.It VGASETSCREEN
|
|
set screen info, and
|
|
.It VGAGETSCREEN
|
|
get screen info,
|
|
.El
|
|
|
|
provide an interface to some general driver internal variables
|
|
which might modify the behaviour of the screens,
|
|
or which might simply be used to force the driver to switch
|
|
to one certain screen. Their argument is a pointer to the structure:
|
|
.Bd -literal
|
|
struct screeninfo {
|
|
int adaptor_type; /* type of video adaptor installed */
|
|
/* read only, ignored on write (yet!) */
|
|
int totalfonts; /* no of downloadable fonts */
|
|
/* read only, ignored on write */
|
|
int totalscreens; /* no of virtual screens */
|
|
/* read only, ignored on write */
|
|
int screen_no; /* screen number, this was got from */
|
|
/* on write, if -1, apply pure_vt_mode */
|
|
/* and/or screen_size to current screen*/
|
|
/* else to screen_no supplied */
|
|
int current_screen; /* screen number, which is displayed. */
|
|
/* on write, if -1, make this screen */
|
|
/* the current screen, else set current*/
|
|
/* displayed screen to parameter */
|
|
int pure_vt_mode; /* flag, pure VT mode or HP/VT mode */
|
|
/* on write, if -1, no change */
|
|
int screen_size; /* screen size */
|
|
/* on write, if -1, no change */
|
|
int force_24lines; /* force 24 lines if 25 lines VT mode */
|
|
/* or 28 lines HP mode to get pure */
|
|
/* VT220 screen size */
|
|
/* on write, if -1, no change */
|
|
int vga_family; /* if adaptor_type = VGA, this reflects*/
|
|
/* the chipset family after a read */
|
|
/* nothing happenes on write ... */
|
|
int vga_type; /* if adaptor_type = VGA, this reflects*/
|
|
/* the chipset after a read */
|
|
/* nothing happenes on write ... */
|
|
int vga_132; /* set to 1 if driver has support for */
|
|
/* 132 column operation for chipset */
|
|
/* currently ignored on write */
|
|
};
|
|
.Ed
|
|
|
|
Its field
|
|
.Em pure_vt_mode
|
|
may take the values M_HPVT for a mixed VTxxx and HP Mode, with function
|
|
key labels and a status line, or M_PUREVT for only VTxxx sequences
|
|
recognized, with no labels.
|
|
|
|
.Bl -tag -width 20n -offset indent -compact
|
|
.It VGASETCOLMS
|
|
sets the number of columns for the current screen,
|
|
.El
|
|
|
|
its parameter is a pointer to an integer containing either a value of 80,
|
|
or a value of 132. Note that setting the number of columns to 132 is
|
|
only supported on VGA adaptors. Any unsupported numbers cause the ioctl
|
|
to fail with
|
|
.Em errno
|
|
.Pq see Xr intro 2
|
|
being set to
|
|
.Em EINVAL .
|
|
|
|
.Em VGA color palette interface
|
|
|
|
Only on VGA adaptors, there's a color palette register at the output.
|
|
It is responsible for the red, green and blue output voltage provided
|
|
for each of the 256 internal color codes, each lying in the range of
|
|
0 through 63 (with 63 representing the brightest value for a base color).
|
|
Thus, these adaptors map each color code to a color of a
|
|
.Dq palette
|
|
out of 262144 colors. The commands
|
|
|
|
.Bl -tag -width 20n -offset indent -compact
|
|
.It VGAREADPEL
|
|
read VGA palette entry, and
|
|
.It VGAWRITEPEL
|
|
write VGA palette entry
|
|
.El
|
|
|
|
establish an interface to these palette registers. Their argument is
|
|
a pointer to:
|
|
.Bd -literal
|
|
struct vgapel {
|
|
unsigned idx; /* index into palette, 0 .. 255 valid */
|
|
unsigned r, g, b; /* RGB values, masked by VGA_PMASK (63) */
|
|
};
|
|
.Ed
|
|
|
|
|
|
.Em Driver identification
|
|
|
|
.Bl -tag -width 20n -offset indent -compact
|
|
.It VGAPCVTID
|
|
returns information if the current compiled in driver is pcvt and it's
|
|
major and minor revision numbers. the call is taking a pointer to the
|
|
following structure as argument:
|
|
.El
|
|
|
|
.Bd -literal
|
|
struct pcvtid {
|
|
#define PCVTIDNAMELN 16 /* driver id - string length */
|
|
char name[PCVTIDNAMELN]; /* driver name, == PCVTIDSTR */
|
|
#define PCVTIDNAME "pcvt" /* driver id - string */
|
|
int rmajor; /* revision number, major */
|
|
#define PCVTIDMAJOR 3
|
|
int rminor; /* revision number, minor */
|
|
#define PCVTIDMINOR 00
|
|
};
|
|
.Ed
|
|
|
|
|
|
.Bl -tag -width 20n -offset indent -compact
|
|
.It VGAPCVTINFO
|
|
returns information if the current compiled in driver is pcvt and it's
|
|
compile time options. the call is taking a pointer to the following
|
|
structure as argument:
|
|
.El
|
|
|
|
.Bd -literal
|
|
struct pcvtinfo {
|
|
u_int opsys; /* PCVT_xxx(x)BSD */
|
|
#define CONF_UNKNOWNOPSYS 0
|
|
#define CONF_386BSD 1 /* unsupported !!! */
|
|
#define CONF_NETBSD 2
|
|
#define CONF_FREEBSD 3
|
|
u_int opsysrel; /* Release for NetBSD/FreeBSD */
|
|
u_int nscreens; /* PCVT_NSCREENS */
|
|
u_int scanset; /* PCVT_SCANSET */
|
|
u_int updatefast; /* PCVT_UPDATEFAST */
|
|
u_int updateslow; /* PCVT_UPDATESLOW */
|
|
u_int sysbeepf; /* PCVT_SYSBEEPF */
|
|
u_int pcburst; /* PCVT_PCBURST */
|
|
u_int kbd_fifo_sz; /* PCVT_KBD_FIFO_SZ */
|
|
|
|
/* config booleans */
|
|
|
|
u_long compile_opts; /* PCVT_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx */
|
|
};
|
|
.Ed
|
|
|
|
|
|
.Em Screen saver
|
|
|
|
Depending on the configuration of a
|
|
.Nm pcvt
|
|
driver, their might be a simple screen saver available. It is controlled
|
|
by the command
|
|
|
|
.Bl -tag -width 20n -offset indent -compact
|
|
.It VGASCREENSAVER
|
|
set timeout for screen saver in seconds; 0 turns it off,
|
|
.El
|
|
|
|
taking a pointer to an integer as argument. Despite of its command name,
|
|
this is available on
|
|
.Em any
|
|
kind of adaptor if configured in by the
|
|
.Xr config 8
|
|
option
|
|
.Dq PCVT_SCREENSAVER
|
|
|
|
.Em Compatibility commands for USL-style VT's
|
|
|
|
Release 3.00 of this
|
|
.Nm pcvt
|
|
driver supports a subset of the USL-style commands used to control
|
|
the virtual terminal interface. This feature is mainly intended to
|
|
allow
|
|
.Em XFree86 ,
|
|
release 2.0 or higher, to switch between virtual screens even when
|
|
running an X server. They are ugly with respect to the implied semantics
|
|
.Pq i.\& e., they break Berkeley semantics
|
|
and are therefore not recommended for common use. See the file
|
|
.Pa i386/include/pcvt_ioctl.h
|
|
for their documentation.
|
|
|
|
.Sh FILES
|
|
.Bl -tag -width /usr/include/machine/pcvt_ioctl.h
|
|
.It Pa /usr/include/machine/pcvt_ioctl.h
|
|
Definitions for
|
|
.Xr ioctl 2
|
|
function calls
|
|
.It Pa /dev/ttyv?
|
|
.It Pa /dev/console
|
|
Device nodes to access the
|
|
.Nm pcvt
|
|
driver
|
|
.It Pa i386/isa/pcvt/pcvt_hdr.h
|
|
.Pq relative to the kernel source tree
|
|
Documents the various compile-time options to tailor
|
|
.Nm pcvt .
|
|
.Sh HISTORY
|
|
The
|
|
.Nm pcvt
|
|
driver has been developed for and contributed to 386BSD release 0.1. Since
|
|
release 3.00 explicit support is provided for NetBSD 0.9. It is expected
|
|
that no further development on pcvt is done for 386BSD 0.1 after release 3.00,
|
|
in fact, 386BSD support was dropped with release 3.20.
|
|
.Sh AUTHORS
|
|
.Bl -tag -width 30n -offset indent
|
|
.It Written by :
|
|
Hellmuth Michaelis
|
|
.Pq hm@hcshh.hcs.de
|
|
.It With much help from :
|
|
Brian Dunford-Shore
|
|
.Pq brian@morpheus.wustl.edu
|
|
.br
|
|
.if n Joerg Wunsch
|
|
.if t J\(:org Wunsch
|
|
.Pq joerg_wunsch@uriah.sax.de
|
|
.br
|
|
.It This driver is based on several people's previous
|
|
.It work, notably by :
|
|
William Jolitz' and Don Ahn's historic
|
|
.Xr pccons 4
|
|
implementation
|
|
.Pq ljolitz@cardio.ucsf.edu
|
|
.br
|
|
Holger Veit
|
|
.Pq veit@du9ds3.uni-duisburg.de, now veit@first.gmd.de
|
|
.Sh SEE ALSO
|
|
.Xr intro 2 ,
|
|
.Xr ioctl 2 ,
|
|
.Xr keyboard 4 ,
|
|
.Xr screen 4 ,
|
|
.Xr config 8 .
|
|
.Sh BUGS
|
|
Certainly existent. See the file
|
|
.Pa BugList
|
|
in the Documentation directory for an up-to-date list.
|
|
|
|
.Ss Tested Video Boards
|
|
.Bd -literal
|
|
Manufacturer Chipset Monitor
|
|
|
|
2theMax (?) ET4000 VGA Color
|
|
Video7 Inc. Video 7 VGA Color
|
|
Diamond Stealth VRAM S3 NEC 3FGx
|
|
Trident TVGA 8800CS NEC 3D
|
|
Data General C&T P82C604 VGA Color
|
|
NoName Hercules W86855AF Mono
|
|
Kyocera (Mainboard) WD90C11 Sony Color
|
|
unknown ET3000 NEC 3D
|
|
.Ed
|
|
|
|
.Ss Tested Keyboards
|
|
.Bd -literal
|
|
Manufacturer Type Layout
|
|
|
|
Cherry MF II US
|
|
Cherry/Tandon MF II German
|
|
Hewlett-Packard MF II US
|
|
Hewlett-Packard MF II German
|
|
Tatung AT German
|
|
.Ed
|
|
|
|
There is absolutely NO support for the ancient PC-keyboards
|
|
.Pq they had 83 keys .
|
|
|
|
There is only limited support for AT-keyboards
|
|
.Bo
|
|
they have 84 keys, and a separate numeric keypad,
|
|
they don't have F11/F12 keys
|
|
.Bc
|
|
because the emulator needs F9 through F12 for control functions, and due to
|
|
the current design of the keyboard driver there is no
|
|
.Pq full
|
|
support for national keyboards because
|
|
of the lack of an ALtGr key.
|
|
|
|
MF-keyboards are fully supported, 101- and 102-key versions.
|