unicode_start

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NAME
       unicode_start - put keyboard and console in unicode mode

SYNOPSIS
       unicode_start [font [umap]]

DESCRIPTION
       The  unicode_start command will put the keyboard and console into Uni-
       code (UTF-8) mode.

       For the keyboard this means that one can attach 16-bit  U+xxxx  values
       to  keyboard  keys  using  loadkeys(1), and have these appear as UTF-8
       input to user programs.	Also, that one can type hexadecimal  Alt-xxxx
       using the numeric keypad, and again produce UTF-8.

       For  the	 console this means that the kernel expects UTF-8 output from
       user programs, and displays the output accordingly.

       The parameter font is a font that is loaded. It should have a built-in
       Unicode	map,  or, if it hasn’t, such a map can be given explicitly as
       second parameter.  When no font was specified, some  default  font  is
       loaded.

NOTE
       Unicode	mode  is  a parameter with a value per virtual console.	 How-
       ever, usually the font and keymap is common to all consoles.

SEE ALSO
       dumpkeys(1), kbd_mode(1), loadkeys(1), unicode_stop(1), utf-8(7), set-
       font(8)



				  3 Feb 2001		     UNICODE_START(1)