NAME
itemap — load an ITE (Internal Terminal Emulator) keyboard mapping.
DESCRIPTION
The
itemap
command loads a keyboard mapping into the ITE (the graphics console driver),
or displays ITE keyboard mappings.
itemap
is run by
/etc/bcheckrc
automatically.
It is not usually explicitly invoked by the user.
Options
- -d name
- -d keyboard_ID
Dump a keymap to standard output in hexadecimal notation.
- -h
Load the specified keymap into the kernel mapping table
used for
HP-HIL
keyboards.
- -i
Interactively prompt for a
PS2 DIN
keyboard mapping.
itemap
scans the keymap database file
for all mapping names
beginning with a
PS2_DIN
prefix.
Each of these names is displayed,
and one must be selected.
- -k database_file_name
The name of the keymap database file to be used for input.
The default is
/etc/X11/XHPKeymaps.
- -L
Load the appropriate keymap.
itemap
scans the hardware for a keyboard,
determines the language of that keyboard,
and loads the keymap corresponding to that keyboard.
Because
itemap
cannot determine the language of
PS2 DIN
keyboards, use the
-i
option when using
-L
with
PS2 DIN
keyboards.
- -l name
- -l keyboard_ID
Load a specified keyboard map.
Once loaded, ITE uses the specified mapping.
When loading a keyboard mapping with the
-l
option,
itemap
matches the suffix of the name of the specified keyboard mapping with those
found in
/etc/X11/XHPKeymaps
to determine the keyboard language.
This information is used by the ITE to
perform ISO 7-to-8 bit conversion.
Keymap names added by users, via
/usr/contrib/bin/X11/keymap_ed
should use the same suffixes as those already used in
/etc/X11/XHPKeymaps.
For example, a French keyboard mapping can be named
New_French,
for consistency with existing
ITF_French
and
PS2_French
mappings.
A mapping called
New_Stuff
would not match any suffix patterns found by itemap,
and would result in incorrect ISO 7-to-8 bit conversion.
- -p
Load the specified keymap into the kernel mapping table
used for
PS2 DIN
keyboards.
- -v
Perform actions verbosely.
- -w file_name
If a keymap for a
PS2 DIN
keyboard is loaded,
write its name to
file_name.
EXAMPLES
To automatically install the correct mapping for an
HP-HIL
keyboard:
To explicitly load the
ITF_French
mapping for an
HP-HIL
keyboard:
To explicitly load the
PS2_DIN_French
mapping for a
PS2 DIN
keyboard:
itemap -p -l PS2_DIN_French
To interactively choose a
PS2 DIN
keyboard mapping:
To generate a list of the available keyboard mappings:
/usr/contrib/bin/X11/keymap_ed -l
FILES
- /usr/contrib/bin/X11/keymap_ed
Keymap database editor
- /etc/X11/XHPKeymaps
System keymap database
- /etc/kbdlang
Contains mapping name configured for
PS2 DIN
keyboards
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