Tribblix: manual page: keytables.5

KEYTABLES(5) File Formats and Configurations KEYTABLES(5)

NAME

keytables - keyboard table descriptions for loadkeys and dumpkeys

DESCRIPTION

These files are used by loadkeys(1) to modify the translation tables
used by the keyboard streams module and generated from those
translation tables. See loadkeys(1).

Any line in the file beginning with # is a comment, and is ignored.
# is treated specially only at the beginning of a line.

Other lines specify the values to load into the tables for a
particular keystation. The format is either:

key number list_of_entries

or

swap number1 with number2

or

key number1 same as number2

or a blank line, which is ignored.

key number list_of_entries

sets the entries for keystation number from the list given. An entry
in that list is of the form

tablename code

where tablename is the name of a particular translation table, or
all. The translation tables are:

base
entry when no shifts are active

shift
entry when "Shift" key is down

caps
entry when "Caps Lock" is in effect

ctrl
entry when "Control" is down

altg
entry when "Alt Graph" is down

numl
entry when "Num Lock" is in effect

up
entry when a key goes up

All tables other than up refer to the action generated when a key
goes down. Entries in the up table are used only for shift keys,
since the shift in question goes away when the key goes up, except
for keys such as "Caps Lock" or "Num Lock"; the keyboard streams
module makes the key look as if it were a latching key.

A table name of all indicates that the entry for all tables should be
set to the specified value, with the following exception: for entries
with a value other than hole, the entry for the numl table should be
set to nonl, and the entry for the up table should be set to nop.

The code specifies the effect of the key in question when the
specified shift key is down. A code consists of either:

o A character, which indicates that the key should generate
the given character. The character can either be a single
character, a single character preceded by ^ which refers
to a "control character" (for instance, ^c is control-C),
or a C-style character constant enclosed in single quote
characters ('), which can be expressed with C-style escape
sequences such as \r for RETURN or \000 for the null
character. Note that the single character may be any
character in an 8-bit character set, such as ISO 8859/1.

o A string, consisting of a list of characters enclosed in
double quote characters ("). Note that the use of the
double quote character means that a code of double quote
must be enclosed in single quotes.

o One of the following expressions:

shiftkeys+leftshift

the key is to be the left-hand "Shift" key

shiftkeys+rightshift

the key is to be the right-hand "Shift" key

shiftkeys+leftctrl

the key is to be the left-hand "Control" key

shiftkeys+rightctrl

the key is to be the right-hand "Control" key

shiftkeys+alt

the key is to be the "Alt" shift key

shiftkeys+altgraph

the key is to be the "Alt Graph" shift key

shiftkeys+capslock

the key is to be the "Caps Lock" key

shiftkeys+shiftlock

the key is to be the "Shift Lock" key

shiftkeys+numlock

the key is to be the "Num Lock" key

buckybits+systembit

the key is to be the "Stop" key in SunView; this is
normally the L1 key, or the SETUP key on the VT100
keyboard

buckybits+metabit

the key is to be the "meta" key. That is, the "Left"
or "Right" key on a Sun-2 or Sun-3 keyboard or the
"diamond" key on a Sun-4 keyboard

compose

the key is to be the "Compose" key

ctrlq

on the "VT100" keyboard, the key is to transmit the
control-Q character (this would be the entry for the
"Q" key in the ctrl table)

ctrls

on the "VT100" keyboard, the key is to transmit the
control-S character (this would be the entry for the
"S" key in the ctrl table)

noscroll

on the "VT100" keyboard, the key is to be the "No
Scroll" key

string+uparrow

the key is to be the "up arrow" key

string+downarrow

the key is to be the "down arrow" key

string+leftarrow

the key is to be the "left arrow" key

string+rightarrow

the key is to be the "right arrow" key

string+homearrow

the key is to be the "home" key

fa_acute

the key is to be the acute accent "floating accent"
key

fa_cedilla

the key is to be the cedilla "floating accent" key

fa_cflex

the key is to be the circumflex "floating accent" key

fa_grave

the key is to be the grave accent "floating accent"
key

fa_tilde

the key is to be the tilde "floating accent" key

fa_umlaut

the key is to be the umlaut "floating accent" key

nonl

this is used only in the Num Lock table; the key is
not to be affected by the state of Num Lock

pad0

the key is to be the "0" key on the numeric keypad

pad1

the key is to be the "1" key on the numeric keypad

pad2

the key is to be the "2" key on the numeric keypad

pad3

the key is to be the "3" key on the numeric keypad

pad4

the key is to be the "4" key on the numeric keypad

pad5

the key is to be the "5" key on the numeric keypad

pad6

the key is to be the "6" key on the numeric keypad

pad7

the key is to be the "7" key on the numeric keypad

pad8

the key is to be the "8" key on the numeric keypad

pad9

the key is to be the "9" key on the numeric keypad

paddot

the key is to be the "." key on the numeric keypad

padenter

the key is to be the "Enter" key on the numeric keypad

padplus

the key is to be the "+" key on the numeric keypad

padminus

the key is to be the "-" key on the numeric keypad

padstar

the key is to be the "*" key on the numeric keypad

padslash

the key is to be the "/" key on the numeric keypad

padequal

the key is to be the "=" key on the numeric keypad

padsep

the key is to be the "," (separator) key on the
numeric keypad

lf(n)

the key is to be the left-hand function key n

rf(n)

the key is to be the right-hand function key n

tf(n)

the key is to be the top function key n

bf(n)

the key is to be the "bottom" function key n

nop

the key is to do nothing

error

this code indicates an internal error; to be used only
for keystation 126, and must be used there

idle

this code indicates that the keyboard is idle (that
is, has no keys down); to be used only for all entries
other than the numl and up table entries for
keystation 127, and must be used there

oops

this key exists, but its action is not defined; it has
the same effect as nop

reset

this code indicates that the keyboard has just been
reset; to be used only for the up table entry for
keystation 127, and must be used there.

swap number1 with number2

exchanges the entries for keystations number1 and
number2.

key number1 same as number2

sets the entries for keystation number1 to be the same
as those for keystation number2. If the file does not
specify entries for keystation number2, the entries
currently in the translation table are used; if the
file does specify entries for keystation number2,
those entries are used.

EXAMPLES

Example 1: Example of setting multiple keystations.

The following entry sets keystation 15 to be a "hole" (that is, an
entry indicating that there is no keystation 15); sets keystation 30
to do nothing when Alt Graph is down, generate "!" when Shift is
down, and generate "1" under all other circumstances; and sets
keystation 76 to be the left-hand Control key.

key 15 all hole
key 30 base 1 shift ! caps 1 ctrl 1 altg nop
key 76 all shiftkeys+leftctrl up shiftkeys+leftctrl

Example 2: Exchange DELETE and BACKSPACE keys

The following entry exchanges the Delete and Back Space keys on the
Type 4 keyboard:

swap 43 with 66

Keystation 43 is normally the Back Space key, and keystation 66 is
normally the Delete key.

Example 3: Disable CAPS LOCK key

The following entry disables the Caps Lock key on the Type 3 and U.S.
Type 4 keyboards:

key 119 all nop

Example 4: Standard translation tables for the U.S. Type 4 keyboard

The following specifies the standard translation tables for the U.S.
Type 4 keyboard:

key 0 all hole
key 1 all buckybits+systembit up buckybits+systembit
key 2 all hole
key 3 all lf(2)
key 4 all hole
key 5 all tf(1)
key 6 all tf(2)
key 7 all tf(10)
key 8 all tf(3)
key 9 all tf(11)
key 10 all tf(4)
key 11 all tf(12)
key 12 all tf(5)
key 13 all shiftkeys+altgraph up shiftkeys+altgraph
key 14 all tf(6)
key 15 all hole
key 16 all tf(7)
key 17 all tf(8)
key 18 all tf(9)
key 19 all shiftkeys+alt up shiftkeys+alt
key 20 all hole
key 21 all rf(1)
key 22 all rf(2)
key 23 all rf(3)
key 24 all hole
key 25 all lf(3)
key 26 all lf(4)
key 27 all hole
key 28 all hole
key 29 all ^[
key 30 base 1 shift ! caps 1 ctrl 1 altg nop
key 31 base 2 shift @ caps 2 ctrl ^@ altg nop
key 32 base 3 shift # caps 3 ctrl 3 altg nop
key 33 base 4 shift $ caps 4 ctrl 4 altg nop
key 34 base 5 shift % caps 5 ctrl 5 altg nop
key 35 base 6 shift ^ caps 6 ctrl ^^ altg nop
key 36 base 7 shift & caps 7 ctrl 7 altg nop
key 37 base 8 shift * caps 8 ctrl 8 altg nop
key 38 base 9 shift ( caps 9 ctrl 9 altg nop
key 39 base 0 shift ) caps 0 ctrl 0 altg nop
key 40 base - shift _ caps - ctrl ^_ altg nop
key 41 base = shift + caps = ctrl = altg nop
key 42 base ` shift ~ caps ` ctrl ^^ altg nop
key 43 all '\b'
key 44 all hole
key 45 all rf(4) numl padequal
key 46 all rf(5) numl padslash
key 47 all rf(6) numl padstar
key 48 all bf(13)
key 49 all lf(5)
key 50 all bf(10) numl padequal
key 51 all lf(6)
key 52 all hole
key 53 all '\t'
key 54 base q shift Q caps Q ctrl ^Q altg nop
key 55 base w shift W caps W ctrl ^W altg nop
key 56 base e shift E caps E ctrl ^E altg nop
key 57 base r shift R caps R ctrl ^R altg nop
key 58 base t shift T caps T ctrl ^T altg nop
key 59 base y shift Y caps Y ctrl ^Y altg nop
key 60 base u shift U caps U ctrl ^U altg nop
key 61 base i shift I caps I ctrl '\t' altg nop
key 62 base o shift O caps O ctrl ^O altg nop
key 63 base p shift P caps P ctrl ^P altg nop
key 64 base [ shift { caps [ ctrl ^[ altg nop
key 65 base ] shift } caps ] ctrl ^] altg nop
key 66 all '\177'
key 67 all compose
key 68 all rf(7) numl pad7
key 69 all rf(8) numl pad8
key 70 all rf(9) numl pad9
key 71 all bf(15) numl padminus
key 72 all lf(7)
key 73 all lf(8)
key 74 all hole
key 75 all hole
key 76 all shiftkeys+leftctrl up shiftkeys+leftctrl
key 77 base a shift A caps A ctrl ^A altg nop
key 78 base s shift S caps S ctrl ^S altg nop
key 79 base d shift D caps D ctrl ^D altg nop
key 80 base f shift F caps F ctrl ^F altg nop
key 81 base g shift G caps G ctrl ^G altg nop
key 82 base h shift H caps H ctrl '\b' altg nop
key 83 base j shift J caps J ctrl '\n' altg nop
key 84 base k shift K caps K ctrl '\v' altg nop
key 85 base l shift L caps L ctrl ^L altg nop
key 86 base ; shift : caps ; ctrl ; altg nop
key 87 base '\'' shift '"' caps '\'' ctrl '\'' altg nop
key 88 base '\\' shift | caps '\\' ctrl ^\ altg nop
key 89 all '\r'
key 90 all bf(11) numl padenter
key 91 all rf(10) numl pad4
key 92 all rf(11) numl pad5
key 93 all rf(12) numl pad6
key 94 all bf(8) numl pad0
key 95 all lf(9)
key 96 all hole
key 97 all lf(10)
key 98 all shiftkeys+numlock
key 99 all shiftkeys+leftshift up shiftkeys+leftshift
key 100 base z shift Z caps Z ctrl ^Z altg nop
key 101 base x shift X caps X ctrl ^X altg nop
key 102 base c shift C caps C ctrl ^C altg nop
key 103 base v shift V caps V ctrl ^V altg nop
key 104 base b shift B caps B ctrl ^B altg nop
key 105 base n shift N caps N ctrl ^N altg nop
key 106 base m shift M caps M ctrl '\r' altg nop
key 107 base , shift < caps , ctrl , altg nop
key 108 base . shift > caps . ctrl . altg nop
key 109 base / shift ? caps / ctrl ^_ altg nop
key 110 all shiftkeys+rightshift up shiftkeys+rightshift
key 111 all '\n'
key 112 all rf(13) numl pad1
key 113 all rf(14) numl pad2
key 114 all rf(15) numl pad3
key 115 all hole
key 116 all hole
key 117 all hole
key 118 all lf(16)
key 119 all shiftkeys+capslock
key 120 all buckybits+metabit up buckybits+metabit
key 121 base ' ' shift ' ' caps ' ' ctrl ^@ altg ' '
key 122 all buckybits+metabit up buckybits+metabit
key 123 all hole
key 124 all hole
key 125 all bf(14) numl padplus
key 126 all error numl error up hole
key 127 all idle numl idle up reset