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30.Dd October 22, 2006
31.Dt WSCONSCTL 8
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm wsconsctl
35.Nd get or set wscons state
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.Nm
38.Op Fl dkmn
39.Op Fl f Ar file
40.Fl a
41.Nm
42.Op Fl dkmn
43.Op Fl f Ar file
44.Ar name ...
45.Nm
46.Op Fl dkmn
47.Op Fl f Ar file
48.Fl w
49.Ar name Ns Li = Ns Ar value ...
50.Nm
51.Op Fl dkmn
52.Op Fl f Ar file
53.Fl w
54.Ar name Ns Li += Ns Ar value ...
55.Sh DESCRIPTION
56The
57.Nm
58command displays or sets various wscons system driver variables.
59If a list of variables is present on the command line, then
60.Nm
61prints the current value of those variables for the specified device.
62.Bl -tag -width Ds
63.It Fl a
64Specify all variables for the device.
65.It Fl d
66Select the display portion of the device.
67.It Fl f Ar file
68Specify an alternative control device.
69.It Fl k
70Select the keyboard portion of the device (this is the default).
71.It Fl m
72Select the mouse portion of the device.
73.It Fl n
74Suppress the printing of the variable name in the output -
75only the value will appear.
76.It Fl w
77Set or modify the specified variables to the given values.
78The value can be specified as either an absolute value, by using the
79.Ql =
80symbol or as a relative value, by using the
81.Ql +=
82symbol.
83See the
84.Sx EXAMPLES
85section for more details.
86.El
87.Pp
88The
89.Nm
90utility can be used to view and modify aspects of the keyboard,
91display, and mouse, using the standard, machine-independent
92workstation console device driver
93.Xr wscons 4 .
94.Pp
95The keyboard type can be modified, the keyboard bell's pitch,
96period, and duration can be modified, the
97.Ar typematic
98value can be changed, and the keyboard encoding can be modified
99to switch keys, should the user find a keyboard's default layout
100difficult to use.
101The keyboard types and other relevant definitions
102can all be found in the
103.Pa /usr/include/dev/wscons/wsksymdef.h
104file.
105.Pp
106The mouse types are defined in the
107.Pa /usr/include/dev/wscons/wsconsio.h
108file.
109.Pp
110The display types, height, width, depth (bits per pixel), color
111map size, and color map are defined in the
112.Pa /usr/include/dev/wscons/wsconsio.h
113file.
114There are also definitions relating to video control and cursor
115control, which are not applicable to all display types, and to text
116emulation and graphics (mapped) modes.
117.Pp
118In addition to British, US, and US-Dvorak keyboard encodings, support
119currently exists for the following languages: Danish, Finnish, French,
120German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish.
121Additionally, a user-defined encoding is supported.
122.Sh FILES
123.Bl -tag -width /dev/wsmouse
124.It Pa /dev/wskbd
125keyboard control device
126.It Pa /dev/wsmouse
127mouse control device
128.It Pa /dev/ttyE0
129display control device
130.El
131.Sh EXAMPLES
132The following are just a few examples of
133.Nm
134and its functionality.
135.Pp
136.Dl wsconsctl -w encoding=uk
137.Pp
138Set a UK keyboard encoding.
139.Pp
140.Dl wsconsctl -w map+="keysym Caps_Lock = Control_L"
141.Pp
142Modify the current keyboard encoding so that when the
143.Ar Caps Lock
144key is pressed, the same encoding sequence as
145.Ar Left Control
146is sent.
147For a full list of keysyms and keycodes, please refer to the
148.Pa /usr/include/dev/wscons/wsksymdef.h
149file.
150.Pp
151.Dl wsconsctl -w encoding=us.swapctrlcaps
152.Pp
153Set a US keyboard encoding, with the
154.Ar Caps Lock
155and
156.Ar Left Control
157keys swapped.
158The
159.Ar .swapctrlcaps
160encoding does not work for all national keyboard encodings.
161For most purposes, the ability to set the value returned by the
162.Ar Caps Lock
163key is enough - see the previous example for details.
164.Pp
165.Dl wsconsctl -w bell.pitch=1200
166.Pp
167Set the bell pitch to be 1200.
168.Pp
169.Dl wsconsctl -w bell.pitch+=200
170.Pp
171Add 200 to the current pitch of the bell.
172.Pp
173.Dl wsconsctl -d -w msg.kernel.attrs=color,hilit msg.kernel.bg=red msg.kernel.fg=brown
174.Pp
175Set the color of kernel messages to brown on red with the highlighting
176flag set (becoming yellow on red).
177.Pp
178.Dl wsconsctl -w repeat.del1=200 repeat.deln=50
179.Pp
180Set the initial delay for keyboard auto repeat to 200ms, and subsequent
181delays to 50ms.
182.Pp
183.Dl wsconsctl -w repeat.del1=0
184.Pp
185Turn off auto repeat.
186.Pp
187.Dl wsconsctl -d -w scroll.fastlines=50
188.Pp
189If scroll support is enabled in the kernel, set the number of lines
190used in the fast scroll function to 50.
191.Pp
192.Dl wsconsctl -d -w scroll.slowlines=2
193.Pp
194If scroll support is enabled in the kernel, set the number of lines
195used in the slow scroll function to 2.
196In order to use this function, you have to have
197.Dv Cmd_ScrollSlowDown
198and
199.Dv Cmd_ScrollSlowUp
200defined in your keyboard map.
201.Sh SEE ALSO
202.Xr pckbd 4 ,
203.Xr wscons 4 ,
204.Xr wsconscfg 8 ,
205.Xr wsfontload 8
206.Sh HISTORY
207The
208.Nm
209command first appeared in
210.Nx 1.4 .
211