KBDMAP(1)

NAME
kbdmap, vidfont - front end for syscons

SYNOPSIS
kbdmap [-K] [-V] [-d | -default] [-h | -help] [-l | -lang language] [-p | -print] [-r | -restore] [-s | -show] [-v | -verbose]

DESCRIPTION
The kbdmap utility allows easy setting of available keymaps. The vidfont command allows the setting of fonts. Both examine a database for the keymaps and fonts. Descriptions are in English by default, but may also be in other languages. These programs are interactive and expect to run in a terminal to get required input (e.g., a keymap selection) from the user.

It is strongly recommended to not choose MS-DOS codepage keymaps or fonts. Use the ISO standard version if available! X11 does not support MS-DOS codepage.

The following options are available:

-K  Run as command kbdmap.

-V  Run as command vidfont.

-d, -default
    Use default language. Ignore LANG environment variable.

-h, -help
    Print options and exit.

-l, -lang language
    Use language for description and menu.

-p, -print
    Print description of available keymaps or fonts to stdout and exit.

-r, -restore
    Load default font from /etc/rc.conf.

-s, -show
    Show currently supported languages and exit.

-v, -verbose
    More warnings.

ENVIRONMENT
LANG
    preferred language

FILES
/usr/share/syscons/keymaps/INDEX.keymaps
    database for keymaps
/usr/share/syscons/fonts/INDEX.fonts
    database for fonts
/etc/rc.conf
    default font
/usr/share/locale/locale.alias
    describe common LANG values

SEE ALSO
dialog(1), kbdcontrol(1), vidcontrol(1), kbdmap(5), rc.conf(5)

HISTORY
The kbdmap and vidfont commands appeared in FreeBSD 2.1.

AUTHORS
-nosplit Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org> wrote the original Perl version. The current version was rewritten in C by Jonathan Belson <jon@witchspace.com> for FreeBSD 5.0.

BUGS
The kbdmap and vidfont utilities work only on a (virtual) console and not with X11.