=
value ...
wsconsctl
[-dkmn]
[-f file]
-w
name
+=
value ...
The wsconsctl utility can be used to view and modify aspects of the keyboard, display, and mouse, using the standard, machine-independent workstation console device driver wscons(4).
The keyboard type can be modified, the keyboard bell's pitch,
period, and duration can be modified, the
typematic
value can be changed, and the keyboard encoding can be modified
to switch keys, should the user find a keyboard's default layout
difficult to use.
The keyboard types and other relevant definitions
can all be found in the
/usr/include/dev/wscons/wsksymdef.h
file.
The mouse types are defined in the
/usr/include/dev/wscons/wsconsio.h
file.
The display types, height, width, depth (bits per pixel), color
map size, and color map are defined in the
/usr/include/dev/wscons/wsconsio.h
file.
There are also definitions relating to video control and cursor
control, which are not applicable to all display types, and to text
emulation and graphics (mapped) modes.
In addition to British, US, and US-Dvorak keyboard encodings, support currently exists for the following languages: Danish, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish. Additionally, a user-defined encoding is supported.
/dev/wskbd
/dev/wsmouse
/dev/ttyE0
wsconsctl
-w
encoding=uk
Set a UK keyboard encoding.
wsconsctl
-w
map+="keysym
Caps_Lock
=
Control_L"
Modify the current keyboard encoding so that when the
Caps Lock
key is pressed, the same encoding sequence as
Left Control
is sent.
For a full list of keysyms and keycodes, please refer to the
/usr/include/dev/wscons/wsksymdef.h
file.
wsconsctl
-w
encoding=us.swapctrlcaps
Set a US keyboard encoding, with the Caps Lock and Left Control keys swapped. The .swapctrlcaps encoding does not work for all national keyboard encodings. For most purposes, the ability to set the value returned by the Caps Lock key is enough - see the previous example for details.
wsconsctl
-w
bell.pitch=1200
Set the bell pitch to be 1200.
wsconsctl
-w
bell.pitch+=200
Add 200 to the current pitch of the bell.
wsconsctl
-d
-w
msg.kernel.attrs=color,hilit
msg.kernel.bg=red
msg.kernel.fg=brown
Set the color of kernel messages to brown on red with the highlighting flag set (becoming yellow on red).
wsconsctl
-w
repeat.del1=200
repeat.deln=50
Set the initial delay for keyboard auto repeat to 200ms, and subsequent delays to 50ms.
wsconsctl
-w
repeat.del1=0
Turn off auto repeat.
wsconsctl
-d
-w
scroll.fastlines=50
If scroll support is enabled in the kernel, set the number of lines used in the fast scroll function to 50.
wsconsctl
-d
-w
scroll.slowlines=2
If scroll support is enabled in the kernel, set the number of lines
used in the slow scroll function to 2.
In order to use this function, you have to have
Cmd_ScrollSlowDown
and
Cmd_ScrollSlowUp
defined in your keyboard map.