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37.Dd July 25, 2005
38.Dt WSCONSCTL 8
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm wsconsctl
42.Nd get or set wscons state
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Nm
45.Op Fl dkmn
46.Op Fl f Ar file
47.Fl a
48.Nm
49.Op Fl dkmn
50.Op Fl f Ar file
51.Ar name ...
52.Nm
53.Op Fl dkmn
54.Op Fl f Ar file
55.Fl w
56.Ar name Ns Li = Ns Ar value ...
57.Nm
58.Op Fl dkmn
59.Op Fl f Ar file
60.Fl w
61.Ar name Ns Li += Ns Ar value ...
62.Sh DESCRIPTION
63The
64.Nm
65command displays or sets various wscons system driver variables.
66If a list of variables is present on the command line, then
67.Nm
68prints the current value of those variables for the specified device.
69.Bl -tag -width Ds
70.It Fl a
71Specify all variables for the device.
72.It Fl d
73Select the display portion of the device.
74.It Fl f Ar file
75Specify an alternative control device.
76.It Fl k
77Select the keyboard portion of the device (this is the default).
78.It Fl m
79Select the mouse portion of the device.
80.It Fl n
81Suppress the printing of the variable name in the output -
82only the value will appear.
83.It Fl w
84Set or modify the specified variables to the given values.
85The value can be specified as either an absolute value, by using the
86.Ql =
87symbol or as a relative value, by using the
88.Ql +=
89symbol.
90See the
91.Sx EXAMPLES
92section for more details.
93.El
94.Pp
95The
96.Nm
97utility can be used to view and modify aspects of the keyboard,
98display, and mouse, using the standard, machine-independent
99workstation console device driver
100.Xr wscons 4 .
101.Pp
102The keyboard type can be modified, the keyboard bell's pitch,
103period, and duration can be modified, the
104.Ar typematic
105value can be changed, and the keyboard encoding can be modified
106to switch keys, should the user find a keyboard's default layout
107difficult to use.
108The keyboard types and other relevant definitions
109can all be found in the
110.Pa /usr/include/dev/wscons/wsconsio.h
111file.
112.Pp
113The mouse types are defined in the
114.Pa /usr/include/dev/wscons/wsconsio.h
115file.
116.Pp
117The display types, height, width, depth (bits per pixel), color
118map size, and color map are defined in the
119.Pa /usr/include/dev/wscons/wsconsio.h
120file.
121There are also definitions relating to video control and cursor
122control, which are not applicable to all display types, and to text
123emulation and graphics (mapped) modes.
124.Pp
125In addition to British, US, and US-Dvorak keyboard encodings, support
126currently exists for the following languages: Danish, Finnish, French,
127German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish.
128Additionally, a user-defined encoding is supported.
129.Sh FILES
130.Bl -tag -width /dev/wsmouse
131.It Pa /dev/wskbd
132keyboard control device
133.It Pa /dev/wsmouse
134mouse control device
135.It Pa /dev/ttyE0
136display control device
137.El
138.Sh EXAMPLES
139The following are just a few examples of
140.Nm
141and its functionality.
142.Pp
143.Dl wsconsctl -w encoding=uk
144.Pp
145Set a UK keyboard encoding.
146.Pp
147.Dl wsconsctl -w map+="keysym Caps_Lock = Control_L"
148.Pp
149Modify the current keyboard encoding so that when the
150.Ar Caps Lock
151key is pressed, the same encoding sequence as
152.Ar Left Control
153is sent.
154For a full list of keysyms and keycodes, please refer to the
155.Pa /usr/include/dev/wscons/wsksymdef.h
156file.
157.Pp
158.Dl wsconsctl -w encoding=us.swapctrlcaps
159.Pp
160Set a US keyboard encoding, with the
161.Ar Caps Lock
162and
163.Ar Left Control
164keys swapped.
165The
166.Ar .swapctrlcaps
167encoding does not work for all national keyboard encodings.
168For most purposes, the ability to set the value returned by the
169.Ar Caps Lock
170key is enough - see the previous example for details.
171.Pp
172.Dl wsconsctl -w bell.pitch=1200
173.Pp
174Set the bell pitch to be 1200.
175.Pp
176.Dl wsconsctl -w bell.pitch+=200
177.Pp
178Add 200 to the current pitch of the bell.
179.Pp
180.Dl wsconsctl -d -w msg.kernel.attrs=color,hilit msg.kernel.bg=red msg.kernel.fg=brown
181.Pp
182Set the color of kernel messages to brown on red with the highlighting
183flag set (becoming yellow on red).
184.Pp
185.Dl wsconsctl -w repeat.del1=200 repeat.deln=50
186.Pp
187Set the initial delay for keyboard auto repeat to 200ms, and subsequent
188delays to 50ms.
189.Pp
190.Dl wsconsctl -w repeat.del1=0
191.Pp
192Turn off auto repeat.
193.Pp
194.Dl wsconsctl -d -w scroll.fastlines=50
195.Pp
196If scroll support is enabled in the kernel, set the number of lines
197used in the fast scroll function to 50.
198.Pp
199.Dl wsconsctl -d -w scroll.slowlines=2
200.Pp
201If scroll support is enabled in the kernel, set the number of lines
202used in the slow scroll function to 2.
203In order to use this function, you have to have
204.Dv Cmd_ScrollSlowDown
205and
206.Dv Cmd_ScrollSlowUp
207defined in your keyboard map.
208.Sh SEE ALSO
209.Xr pckbd 4 ,
210.Xr wscons 4 ,
211.Xr wsconscfg 8 ,
212.Xr wsfontload 8
213.Sh HISTORY
214The
215.Nm
216command first appeared in
217.Nx 1.4 .
218