KBDINFO(1)                  General Commands Manual                 KBDINFO(1)

NAME
       kbdinfo - read information about keyboard state

SYNOPSIS
       kbdinfo [options] getmode [text|graphics]
       kbdinfo [options] gkbmode [raw|xlate|mediumraw|unicode]
       kbdinfo [options] gkbmeta [metabit|escprefix]
       kbdinfo [options] gkbled  [scrolllock|numlock|capslock]

DESCRIPTION
       The utility allows you to read and check various parameters of the
       keyboard and virtual console.

       getmode  Get or check virtual console mode.

       gkbmode  Gets current keyboard mode.


              raw         Raw (scancode) mode. These are the raw codes
                          generated by the keyboard.

              mediumraw   Medium raw (scancode) mode. This is extended medium
                          raw mode, with keys above 127 encoded as 0, high 7
                          bits, low 7 bits, with the 0 bearing the 'up' flag
                          if needed. 0 is reserved, so this shouldn't
                          interfere with anything else. The two bytes after 0
                          will always have the up flag set not to interfere
                          with older applications. This allows for 16384
                          different keycodes, which should be enough.

              xlate       Translate keycodes using keymap. These are the codes
                          generated via the current keysym mapping.

              unicode     Unicode mode.

       gkbmeta  Gets meta key handling mode.


              escprefix   Specifies if pressing the meta (alt) key generates
                          an ESC (\033) prefix followed by the keysym.

              metabit     The keysym marked with the high bit set.

       gkbled   Get keyboard flags CapsLock, NumLock, ScrollLock (not lights).


              scrolllock  The scroll lock is down.

              numlock     The num lock is down.

              capslock    The caps lock is down.

OPTIONS
       -C, --console=DEV
              the console device to be used;

       -V, --version
              print version number;

       -h, --help
              print this usage message.

AUTHORS
       Written by Alexey Gladkov.

SEE ALSO
       kbdrate(1), setleds(1), kbd_mode(1)

kbd                                June 2019                        KBDINFO(1)