.\" @(#)unicode_start.1 1.0 010203 aeb .TH UNICODE_START 1 "3 Feb 2001" "kbd" .SH NAME unicode_start \- put keyboard and console in unicode mode .SH SYNOPSIS .B unicode_start .RI [ font " [" umap ]] .SH DESCRIPTION .IX "unicode_start command" "" "\fLunicode_start\fR command" .LP The .B unicode_start command will put the keyboard and console into Unicode (UTF-8) mode. .LP For the keyboard this means that one can attach 16-bit U+xxxx values to keyboard keys using .BR loadkeys (1), and have these appear as UTF-8 input to user programs. Also, that one can type hexadecimal Alt-xxxx using the numeric keypad, and again produce UTF-8. .LP For the console this means that the kernel expects UTF-8 output from user programs, and displays the output accordingly. .LP The parameter .I font is a font that is loaded. It should have a built-in Unicode map, or, if it hasn't, such a map can be given explicitly as second parameter. When no font was specified, the current font is kept. .SH NOTE Unicode mode is a parameter with a value per virtual console. However, usually the font and keymap is common to all consoles. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR dumpkeys (1), .BR kbd_mode (1), .BR loadkeys (1), .BR unicode_stop (1), .BR utf-8 (7), .BR setfont (8)