NAME

keytablemap − maps keyboard type and layout to keytable

SYNOPSIS

$OPENWINHOME/etc/keytables/keytable.map

DESCRIPTION

The keytable map contains information that maps keyboard type and layout to the appropriate keytable file.  The keyboard type and layout are generally obtained from the kernel using appropriate ioctl calls.  The keyboard layout is assumed to be US layout (code=0) on Sun keyboards prior to type 4.  The layout is determined by a keyboard DIP switch setting on type-4 and subsequent types.  The keytable file contains a mapping of keycap symbols to phyical keys. 
 

For each keyboard type and layout, a single line should be present with the following information:

keyboardtype    keyboardlayout    keytablefilename

Any characters following a white space after the keytablefilename field, through the end of line are disregarded.  The fields are separated by any number of blanks and/or TAB characters.  A leading ‘#’ indicates the beginning of a comment, which may appear only as the first character on the line.  Such comment lines are ignored by routines that read the file. 

EXAMPLE

An example of a keytablemap file appears below. 

{
# keytable.map
#
# The keytable map associates a keyboard with its
# corresponding keytable.  Keytables are located in
# $OPENWINHOME/etc/keytables.
#
# The keyboard type and layout are generally obtained
# from the kernel using appropriate ioctl calls.  The
# keyboard type is stored in a keyboard ROM.  The
# keyboard layout is assumed to be 0 on Sun keyboards
# prior to type 4 and is determined by a DIP switch
# setting on type-4 and later keyboards.
#
# Notes:
# To test a new keytable before installing it, copy it
# to $HOME/.keytable, start the server and test.
# (Remember to remove $HOME/.keytable after testing.)
#
# Format of an entry:
# keyboard_type  keyboard_layout  keytable_filename
#
 #Type   Layout  Filename
2       0       US2.kt
3       0       US3.kt
4       0       US4.kt          # Sun US Type 4 keyboard
4       2       FranceBelg4.kt
4       3       Canada4.kt
# -- Truncated --

FILES

$OPENWINHOME/etc/keytables/keytable.map

NOTES

This file is intended to be used only by the XNeWS server. 

SunOS 5.1/SPARC  —  Last change: 17 March 1992