The Linux keyboard and console HOWTO
Andries Brouwer,
aeb@cwi.nl
v2.7, 16 November 1997
This note contains some information about the Linux keyboard and console, and the use of non-ASCII characters. It describes Linux 2.0.
1.
Copyright
2.
Useful programs
3.
Keyboard generalities
4.
Console generalities
5.
Resetting your terminal
5.1 Keyboard hardware reset
6.
Delete and Backspace
6.1 How to tell Unix what character you want to use to delete the last typed character
6.2 How to tell Linux what code to generate when a key is pressed
6.3 How to tell X to interchange Delete and Backspace
6.4 How to tell emacs what to do when it receives a Delete or Backspace
6.5 How to tell emacs to interchange Delete and Backspace
6.6 How to tell kermit to interchange Delete and Backspace
6.7 How to tell xterm about your favourite tty modes
6.8 How to tell xmosaic that the Backspace key generates a DEL
6.9 A better solution for Motif-using programs, like netscape
6.10 What about termcap and terminfo?
7.
The console character sets
8.
Console switching
8.1 Changing the number of Virtual Consoles
9.
Ctrl-Alt-Del and other special key combinations
9.1 Ctrl-Alt-Del (Boot)
9.2 Other combinations
9.3 X Combinations
9.4 Dosemu Combinations
9.5 Composing symbols
10.
How to get out of raw mode
11.
The keyboard LEDs
12.
The TERM variable
12.1 Terminfo
13.
How to make other programs work with non-ASCII chars
14.
What precisely does XFree86-2.1 do when it initializes its keymap?
15.
Unusual keys and keyboards
16.
Examples of use of loadkeys and xmodmap
16.1 `I can use only one finger to type with'
17.
Changing the video mode
17.1 Instructions for the use of resizecons
18.
Changing the keyboard repeat rate
19.
Scrolling
20.
Screensaving
21.
Screen dumps
22.
Some properties of the VT100 - application key mode
23.
Hardware incompatibility