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