SunPCi User's Guide

Using the Keyboard Environment Variables

This section describes the following topics:

Setting the KBTYPE Environment Variable

The KBTYPE environment variable specifies the keyboard language table to use with the SunPCi software. To set KBTYPE, refer to Turning On an Environment Variable. Table B–1 lists the values for KBTYPE and the corresponding languages.

Table B–1 KBTYPE Values


KBTYPE Value	Keyboard Language
be	Belgium
cf	Canadian French
dk	Danish
fr	French
gf	Swiss German
gr	German
it	Italian
la	Latin American Spanish
nl	Dutch (Netherlands)
no	Norwegian
po	Portuguese
sf	Swiss French
sg	Swiss German
sp	Spanish
su	Finnish
sv	Swedish
uk	U.K. English
us	U.S. English

Setting the KBCP Environment Variable

The KBCP environment variable specifies the keyboard code page. The code page specifies the characters set (accents, currency symbols, and so on) t be used with a keyboard. lists the possible values for the KBCP environment variable.

Table B–2 KBCP Values


Value	Description
437	United States code page
850	Multilingual code page, including all characters for most languages of European, North American, and South American countries
860	Portuguese code page
863	Canadian French code page
865	Nordic code page, including all characters for the Norwegian and Danish languages

To set KBCP, refer to Turning On an Environment Variable. For more information on code pages and their functions, refer to What Is a Code Page? .

Turning On an Environment Variable

To use an environment variable, follow these steps:

Make sure SunPCi is not running, or exit SunPCi if it is running.

Open a terminal window on your desktop.

To set an environment variable, type the following command at the % prompt and press Return (do not type the %). Substitute the name of the environment variable for VARIABLE_NAME, and the value for the variable (if required) for value.

C Shell:
```
% setenv VARIABLE_NAME=value
```
Bourne Shell:
```
% VARIABLE_NAME=value
% export VARIABLE_NAME
```

Start SunPCi.

Turning Off an Environment Variable

To turn off an environment variable, type the following command and substitute the name of the environment variable for VARIABLE_NAME.

% unsetenv VARIABLE_NAME