keytables(4) (man pages section 4: File Formats)

man pages section 4: File Formats

keytables(4)

Name | Description | Examples | See Also

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

swap number1 with number2

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:

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.
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.
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