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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man4/wscons.4 4.html b/static/netbsd/man4/wscons.4 4.html deleted file mode 100644 index c58e94bd..00000000 --- a/static/netbsd/man4/wscons.4 4.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,260 +0,0 @@ -<table class="head"> - <tr> - <td class="head-ltitle">WSCONS(4)</td> - <td class="head-vol">Device Drivers Manual</td> - <td class="head-rtitle">WSCONS(4)</td> - </tr> -</table> -<div class="manual-text"> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="NAME"><a class="permalink" href="#NAME">NAME</a></h1> -<p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">wscons</code> — - <span class="Nd">workstation console access</span></p> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="SYNOPSIS"><a class="permalink" href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></h1> -<p class="Pp"><code class="Cd">wsdisplay* at ...</code> - <br/> - <code class="Cd">wskbd* at ... mux N</code> - <br/> - <code class="Cd">wsmouse* at ... mux N</code></p> -<p class="Pp"> - <br/> - <code class="Cd">pseudo-device wsmux</code></p> -<p class="Pp"> - <br/> - <code class="Cd">options WSEMUL_SUN</code> - <br/> - <code class="Cd">options WSEMUL_VT100</code> - <br/> - <code class="Cd">options WSEMUL_NO_DUMB</code> - <br/> - <code class="Cd">options WSEMUL_DEFAULT="xxx"</code></p> -<p class="Pp"> - <br/> - <code class="Cd">options WS_DEFAULT_FG=WSCOL_XXX</code> - <br/> - <code class="Cd">options WS_DEFAULT_BG=WSCOL_XXX</code> - <br/> - <code class="Cd">options - WS_DEFAULT_COLATTR="(WSATTR_XXX | WSATTR_YYY)"</code> - <br/> - <code class="Cd">options - WS_DEFAULT_MONOATTR="(WSATTR_XXX | WSATTR_YYY)"</code> - <br/> - <code class="Cd">options WS_KERNEL_FG=WSCOL_XXX</code> - <br/> - <code class="Cd">options WS_KERNEL_BG=WSCOL_XXX</code> - <br/> - <code class="Cd">options - WS_KERNEL_COLATTR="(WSATTR_XXX | WSATTR_YYY)"</code> - <br/> - <code class="Cd">options - WS_KERNEL_MONOATTR="(WSATTR_XXX | WSATTR_YYY)"</code></p> -<p class="Pp"> - <br/> - <code class="Cd">options WSDISPLAY_COMPAT_PCVT</code> - <br/> - <code class="Cd">options WSDISPLAY_COMPAT_SYSCONS</code> - <br/> - <code class="Cd">options WSDISPLAY_COMPAT_USL</code> - <br/> - <code class="Cd">options WSCOMPAT_USL_SYNCTIMEOUT=nnn</code> - <br/> - <code class="Cd">options WSDISPLAY_COMPAT_RAWKBD</code></p> -<p class="Pp"> - <br/> - <code class="Cd">options WSKBD_EVENT_AUTOREPEAT</code> - <br/> - <code class="Cd">options WSKBD_USONLY</code></p> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="DESCRIPTION"><a class="permalink" href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></h1> -<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">wscons</code> driver provides support for - machine independent access to the console.</p> -<p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">wscons</code> is made of a number of cooperating - modules, in particular</p> -<ul class="Bl-bullet"> - <li>hardware support for display adapters, keyboards and mice, see - <a class="Xr">wsdisplay(4)</a>, <a class="Xr">wskbd(4)</a>, and - <a class="Xr">wsmouse(4)</a></li> - <li>input event multiplexor, see <a class="Xr">wsmux(4)</a></li> - <li>terminal emulation modules (see below), and</li> - <li>compatibility options to support control operations and other low-level - behaviour of existing terminal drivers (see below)</li> -</ul> -<section class="Ss"> -<h2 class="Ss" id="Terminal_emulations"><a class="permalink" href="#Terminal_emulations">Terminal - emulations</a></h2> -<p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">wscons</code> does not define its own set of - terminal control sequences and special keyboard codes in terms of - <a class="Xr">terminfo(5)</a>. Instead a “terminal emulation” - is assigned to each virtual screen when the screen is created. (See - <a class="Xr">wsconscfg(8)</a>.) Different terminal emulations can be active - at the same time on one display. The following choices are available:</p> -<dl class="Bl-tag"> - <dt>dumb</dt> - <dd>This minimal terminal support is available unless the kernel option - <code class="Cd">options WSEMUL_NO_DUMB</code> was specified at build - time. No control sequences are supported besides the ASCII control - characters. The cursor is not addressable. Only ASCII keyboard codes will - be delivered, cursor and functions keys do not work.</dd> - <dt>sun</dt> - <dd>The “sun” console emulation is available if - <code class="Cd">options WSEMUL_SUN</code> was specified at kernel build - time. It supports the control sequences of SUN machine consoles and - delivers its keyboard codes for function and keypad keys in use. This - emulation is sufficient for full-screen applications.</dd> - <dt>vt100</dt> - <dd>is available with the kernel compile option <code class="Cd">options - WSEMUL_VT100</code>. It provides the most commonly used functions of DEC - VT100 terminals with some extensions introduced by the DEC VT220 and DEC - VT320 models. The features of the original VT100 which are not or not - completely implemented are: - <ul class="Bl-bullet"> - <li>VT52 support, 132-column-mode, smooth scroll, light background, - keyboard autorepeat control, external printer support, keyboard - locking, newline/linefeed switching: Escape sequences related to these - features are ignored or answered with standard replies. (DECANM, - DECCOLM, DECSCLM, DECSCNM, DECARM, DECPFF, DECPEX, KAM, LNM)</li> - <li>Function keys are not reprogrammable and fonts can not be downloaded. - DECUDK and DECDLD sequences will be ignored.</li> - <li>Neither C1 control set characters will be recognized nor will 8-bit - keyboard codes be delivered.</li> - <li>The “DEC supplemental graphic” font is approximated by - the ISO-latin-1 font, though there are subtle differences.</li> - <li>The actual rendering quality depends on the underlying graphics - hardware driver. Characters might be missing in the available fonts - and be substituted by more or less fitting replacements. - <p class="Pp">Depending on the keyboard used, not all function keys - might be available.</p> - </li> - </ul> - <p class="Pp">In addition to the plain VT100 functions are supported:</p> - <ul class="Bl-bullet"> - <li>ANSI colors.</li> - <li>Some VT220-like presentation state settings and -reports (DECRSPS), - especially tabulator settings.</li> - </ul> - <p class="Pp">In most applications, <code class="Nm">wscons</code> will work - sufficiently as a VT220 emulator.</p> - </dd> -</dl> -<p class="Pp">The <code class="Dv">WSEMUL_DEFAULT</code> kernel option is used - to select one of the described terminal options as the default choice. The - default takes effect at kernel startup, i.e. for the operating system - console or additional screens allocated through the - <code class="Dv">WSDISPLAY_DEFAULTSCREENS</code> option (see - <a class="Xr">wsdisplay(4)</a>), or if no emulation type was passed to the - <a class="Xr">wsconscfg(8)</a> utility.</p> -</section> -<section class="Ss"> -<h2 class="Ss" id="Compatibility_options"><a class="permalink" href="#Compatibility_options">Compatibility - options</a></h2> -<p class="Pp">These options allow X servers and other programs using low-level - console driver functions usually written specifically for other console - drivers to run on <span class="Ux">NetBSD</span> systems. The options are in - particular:</p> -<dl class="Bl-tag"> - <dt><code class="Cd">WSDISPLAY_COMPAT_USL</code></dt> - <dd>Support the protocol for switches between multiple virtual screens on one - display as used by most PC-UNIX variants. This is used by the - <span class="Ux">NetBSD</span> <a class="Xr">wsconscfg(8)</a> - utility.</dd> - <dt><code class="Cd">WSDISPLAY_COMPAT_RAWKBD</code></dt> - <dd>Allows to get raw XT keyboard scancodes from PC keyboards as needed by - i386 X servers.</dd> - <dt><code class="Cd">WSDISPLAY_COMPAT_PCVT</code></dt> - <dd>Emulates enough of the <span class="Ux">NetBSD</span>/i386 - “pcvt” driver to make X servers work.</dd> - <dt><code class="Cd">WSDISPLAY_COMPAT_SYSCONS</code></dt> - <dd>Emulates enough of the <span class="Ux">FreeBSD</span> - “syscons” driver to make X servers work. Useful with - <span class="Ux">FreeBSD</span> binary emulation.</dd> -</dl> -<p class="Pp">Linux/i386 X servers usually run successfully if the first two - options are enabled together with the <span class="Ux">NetBSD</span> Linux - binary emulation.</p> -<p class="Pp">(To have programs looking for device special files of other - console drivers find the <code class="Nm">wscons</code> driver entry points, - symlinks are a helpful measure.)</p> -</section> -<section class="Ss"> -<h2 class="Ss" id="Other_options"><a class="permalink" href="#Other_options">Other - options</a></h2> -<dl class="Bl-tag Bl-compact"> - <dt><code class="Cd">options WS_DEFAULT_FG=WSCOL_XXX</code></dt> - <dd style="width: auto;"> </dd> - <dt><code class="Cd">options WS_DEFAULT_BG=WSCOL_XXX</code></dt> - <dd style="width: auto;"> </dd> - <dt><code class="Cd">options - WS_DEFAULT_COLATTR="(WSATTR_XXX | WSATTR_YYY)"</code></dt> - <dd style="width: auto;"> </dd> - <dt><code class="Cd">options - WS_DEFAULT_MONOATTR="(WSATTR_XXX | WSATTR_YYY)"</code></dt> - <dd>Make default console output appear in specific colors and attributes. - <code class="Dv">WS_DEFAULT_FG</code> and - <code class="Dv">WS_DEFAULT_BG</code> set the foreground and background - used on color displays. <code class="Dv">WS_DEFAULT_COLATTR</code> and - <code class="Dv">WS_DEFAULT_MONOATTR</code> are additional attribute flags - used on color or monochrome displays, respectively. Whether the attributes - are supported or not depends on the actually used graphics adapter. These - options are ignored by the “dumb” terminal emulation. - <p class="Pp">See <span class="Pa">src/sys/dev/wscons/wsdisplayvar.h</span> - for available <code class="Dv">WSCOL_XXX</code> and - <code class="Dv">WSATTR_XXX</code> values.</p> - <p class="Pp"></p> - </dd> - <dt><code class="Cd">options WS_KERNEL_FG=WSCOL_XXX</code></dt> - <dd style="width: auto;"> </dd> - <dt><code class="Cd">options WS_KERNEL_BG=WSCOL_XXX</code></dt> - <dd style="width: auto;"> </dd> - <dt><code class="Cd">options - WS_KERNEL_COLATTR="(WSATTR_XXX | WSATTR_YYY)"</code></dt> - <dd style="width: auto;"> </dd> - <dt><code class="Cd">options - WS_KERNEL_MONOATTR="(WSATTR_XXX | WSATTR_YYY)"</code></dt> - <dd>Make console output originating from the kernel appear differently than - output from user level programs (via <span class="Pa">/dev/console</span> - or the specific tty device like <span class="Pa">/dev/ttyE0</span>). Their - meaning is the same as their <code class="Dv">WS_DEFAULT_*</code> - counterparts. - <p class="Pp"></p> - </dd> - <dt><code class="Cd">options WSCOMPAT_USL_SYNCTIMEOUT=nnn</code></dt> - <dd>The virtual screen switching protocol enabled by - <code class="Dv">WSDISPLAY_COMPAT_USL</code> uses a somewhat complex - handshake protocol to pass control to user programs such as X servers - controlling a virtual screen. In order to prevent a non-responsive - application from locking the whole console system, a screen switch will be - rolled back after a 5 second timeout if the application does not respond. - This option can be used to specify in seconds a different timeout value. - <p class="Pp"></p> - </dd> - <dt><code class="Cd">options WSKBD_EVENT_AUTOREPEAT</code></dt> - <dd>If set, this option enables auto repeat even in event mode. The auto - repeat will generate key down events while the key is pressed. - <p class="Pp"></p> - </dd> - <dt><code class="Cd">options WSKBD_USONLY</code></dt> - <dd>In order to strip down the space usage of wscons, all keymaps except the - US english one can be removed from the kernel with this option, which - results in a space gain of about 10kB.</dd> -</dl> -</section> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="SEE_ALSO"><a class="permalink" href="#SEE_ALSO">SEE - ALSO</a></h1> -<p class="Pp"><a class="Xr">wsdisplay(4)</a>, <a class="Xr">wskbd(4)</a>, - <a class="Xr">wsmouse(4)</a>, <a class="Xr">wsmux(4)</a>, - <a class="Xr">wsconscfg(8)</a>, <a class="Xr">wsconsctl(8)</a>, - <a class="Xr">wsfontload(8)</a>, <a class="Xr">wscons(9)</a></p> -</section> -</div> -<table class="foot"> - <tr> - <td class="foot-date">June 5, 2012</td> - <td class="foot-os">NetBSD 10.1</td> - </tr> -</table> |