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diff --git a/input-kbd.man b/input-kbd.man new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3a792ba --- /dev/null +++ b/input-kbd.man @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +.TH INPUT-KBD 8 "July 2005" "" "" + +.SH NAME +input-kbd \- print or modify keyboard maps for input devices + +.SH SYNOPSIS +\fBinput\-kbd\fR \fInum\fR +.HP 10 +\fBinput\-kbd \fR [\fB\-f\fR\ \fIfile\fR] \fIdevnr\fR + +.SH DESCRIPTION + +.PP +\fBinput\-kbd\fR prints the keyboard map of kernel input device +\fIdevnr\fR on stdout. +The keyboard map maps scancodes to keycodes. + +.PP +If the device supports a keyboard map, +it is printed in the following format +(from the output for an AT keyboard): +.IP + 0x0001 = 67 # KEY_F9 + 0x0002 = 65 # KEY_F7 + 0x0003 = 63 # KEY_F5 + 0x0004 = 61 # KEY_F3 + + +.PP +If the device does not support a keyboard map, +\fBinput\-kbd\fR just lists the keys and buttons supported by the device, +like this (for a mouse): +.IP + bits: BTN_LEFT + bits: BTN_RIGHT + bits: BTN_MIDDLE + + +.SH OPTIONS + +.TP +\fIdevnr\fR +The index of the input device to use (0 for /dev/input/event0 and so on). + +.TP +\fB\-f\fR \fIfile\fR +Read a keyboard map from a file and reconfigure the device with this map. +The map file uses the same format as the output of this command. +Key names are also accepted instead of keycodes, like this: +.IP + 0x0001 = KEY_F9 + +.SH AUTHOR +Gerd Knorr. |