If activated, a keyboard layout resembling a DEC VT200 (TM) is generated. If deactivated, a mixture between VT220 and HP is used. See the files Keyboard.VT and Keyboard.HP in the pcvt documentation directory for a full description.
Default: off
PCVT_SCREENSAVER
Enables the builtin screensaver feature.
Default: on
PCVT_PRETTYSCRNS
If enabled, a blinking-star screensaver is used. If disabled, the screen is simply blanked (which might be useful for energy-saving monitors).
Default: on
PCVT_CTRL_ALT_DEL
If enabled, the key combination <Ctrl> <Alt> <Del> invokes a CPU reset.
Default: off
PCVT_USEKBDSEC
Do NOT override a security lock for the keyboard.
Default: on
PCVT_24LINESDEF
If enabled, the 25-line modi (VT emulation with 25 lines, and HP emulation with 28 lines) default to 24 lines only to provide a better compatibility to the original DEV VT220 (TM). Thus it should be possible to use the terminal information for those terminals without further changes. Note that this is a startup option; it is possible to toggle between the 24- and 25-lines’ display by the scon(1) utility.
Default: off
PCVT_META_ESC
If enabled, a sequence composed of <esc>, followed by the normal key code is emitted if a key is pressed with the <Alt> key modifier. If disabled, then normal key code with the value 0x80 added is sent.
Default: off
Note that there are further options available which are mainly used for debugging purposes or as a workaround for hardware problems. They are found in i386/isa/pcvt/pcvt_conf.h along with their documentation.
get current typematic value, parameter is a pointer to int where the values is stored to;
KBDSTPMAT
set current typematic value, similar to above command.
Symbolic values are available for the appropriate constants. To specify the initial typematic delay time, they are KBD_TPD250 for 250 ms through KBD_TPD1000 for 1000 ms, in steps of 250 ms. The typematic repeat rates are KBD_TPM300, specifying 30.0 characters per second through KBD_TPM20 for 2.0 characters per second. The intermediate values are: 30.0, 26.7, 24.0, 21.8, 20.0, 18.5, 17.1, 16.0, 15.0, 13.3, 12.0, 10.9, 10.0, 9.2, 8.6, 8.0, 7.5, 6.7, 6.0, 5.5, 5.0, 4.6, 4.3, 4.0, 3.7, 3.3, 3.0, 2.7, 2.5, 2.3, 2.1, 2.0 characters per second.
KBDGREPSW
get key repetition switch, and
KBDSREPSW
set key repetition switch
again take a pointer to int as argument. They manipulate the drivers internal keyboard repetition flag, possible values are: KBD_REPEATOFF or KBD_REPEATON.
KBDGLEDS
get LED state, and
KBDSLEDS
set LED state manipulate the keyboard indicators, but do not influence the drivers idea of lock key state.
The int where the argument points to may have the values KBD_SCROLLLOCK, KBD_NUMLOCK, KBD_CAPSLOCK, which may be used in any conjunction.
KBDGLOCK
gets state of SCROLL,NUM,CAPS, and
KBDSLOCK
sets state of SCROLL,NUM,CAPS + LEDs
should be used in a same manner to get/set the drivers internal LED flags.
Keyboard remapping
One important feature of the pcvt driver is its ability to overload the built in key definition.
KBDGCKEY
get current key values,
KBDSCKEY
set new key assignment values, and
KBDGOKEY
get original key assignment values
arrange those functions. The take a pointer to a struct kbd_ovlkey as argument as described below. In addition,
KBDRMKEY
removes a key assignment, taking a pointer to an int as argument which contains the affected key number;
KBDDEFAULT
removes all key assignments.
struct kbd_ovlkey /* complete definition of a key */
{
u_short keynum; /* the key itself */
u_short type; /* type of key, see below */
u_char subu; /* subtype, ignored on write */
char unshift[KBDMAXOVLKEYSIZE+1]; /* emitted string, unshifted */
u_char subs; /* subtype, ignored on write */
char shift[KBDMAXOVLKEYSIZE+1]; /* emitted string, shifted */
u_char subc; /* subtype, ignored on write */
char ctrl[KBDMAXOVLKEYSIZE+1]; /* emitted string, control */
u_char suba; /* subtype, ignored on write */
char altgr[KBDMAXOVLKEYSIZE+1]; /* emitted string, altgr */
};
The appropriate values for the type field are:
KBD_NONE
no function, key is disabled,
KBD_SHIFT
keyboard shift,
KBD_META
alternate shift, sets bit8 to ASCII code,
KBD_NUM
numeric shift, keypad numeric / application mode,
KBD_CTL
control code generation,
KBD_CAPS
caps shift - swaps case of letter,
KBD_ASCII
ASCII code generating key,
KBD_SCROLL
stop output,
KBD_FUNC
function key,
KBD_KP
keypad keys,
KBD_BREAK
ignored,
KBD_ALTGR
AltGr translation feature,
KBD_SHFTLOCK
shift lock,
KBD_CURSOR
cursor keys, and
KBD_RETURN
"Return" or "Enter" keys.
The subtype field contains one of the values
KBD_SUBT_STR
key is bound to a string, or
KBD_SUBT_FNC
key is bound to a function.
Downloadable character set interface
EGA and VGA video adaptors provide the capability of downloadable software fonts. Since the 'native character set' of any IBM-compatible PC video board does not allow the full interpretation of DEC multinational character set or ISO Latin-1 (ISO 8859-1), this might be very useful for a U**X environment.
VGASETFONTATTR
set font attr, and
VGAGETFONTATTR
get font attr
are used to manipulate the drivers information about a downloaded font. The take a pointer to a struct vgafontattr as argument:
struct vgafontattr {
int character_set;/* VGA character set */
int font_loaded; /* Mark font loaded or unloaded */
int screen_size; /* Character rows per screen */
int character_scanlines; /* Scanlines per character - 1 */
int screen_scanlines; /* Scanlines per screen - 1 byte */
};
Each character of each font is to be downloaded with
VGALOADCHAR
load vga char,
taking a pointer to struct vgaloadchar as its argument:
struct vgaloadchar {
int character_set; /* VGA character set to load into */
int character; /* Character to load */
int character_scanlines; /* Scanlines per character */
u_char char_table[32]; /* VGA character shape table */
};
The field character_set takes the values CH_SET0, CH_SET1, CH_SET2, CH_SET3 on EGA’s or VGA’s. Since VGA’s might have up to eight simultaneously loaded fonts, they can take CH_SET4, CH_SET5, CH_SET6, or CH_SET7, too.
Note that there is a dependence between the font size and a possible screen height (in character rows), depending on the video adaptor used:
Screen size (rows) on:EGA VGA
Font size
8 x 8 43 50
8 x 10 35 40
8 x 14 25 28
8 x 16 not 25
applicable
General screen manipulation commands
VGACURSOR
sets cursor shape,
taking a pointer to the following structure as argument:
struct cursorshape {
int screen_no; /* screen number for which to set,*/
/* or -1 to set on current active screen */
int start;/* top scanline, range 0... Character Height - 1 */
int end; /* end scanline, range 0... Character Height - 1 */
};
VGASETSCREEN
set screen info, and
VGAGETSCREEN
get screen info,
provide an interface to some general driver internal variables which might modify the behaviour of the screens, or which might simply be used to force the driver to switch to one certain screen. Their argument is a pointer to the structure:
struct screeninfo {
int adaptor_type; /* type of video adaptor installed*/
/* read only, ignored on write (yet!) */
int totalfonts;/* no of downloadable fonts */
/* read only, ignored on write */
int totalscreens; /* no of virtual screens*/
/* read only, ignored on write */
int screen_no; /* screen number, this was got from */
/* on write, if -1, apply pure_vt_mode */
/* and/or screen_size to current screen*/
/* else to screen_no supplied*/
int current_screen; /* screen number, which is displayed. */
/* on write, if -1, make this screen */
/* the current screen, else set current*/
/* displayed screen to parameter */
int pure_vt_mode; /* flag, pure VT mode or HP/VT mode */
/* on write, if -1, no change*/
int screen_size; /* screen size*/
/* on write, if -1, no change*/
int force_24lines; /* force 24 lines if 25 lines VT mode */
/* or 28 lines HP mode to get pure*/
/* VT220 screen size */
/* on write, if -1, no change*/
int vga_family;/* if adaptor_type = VGA, this reflects*/
/* the chipset family after a read*/
/* nothing happens on write ... */
int vga_type; /* if adaptor_type = VGA, this reflects*/
/* the chipset after a read */
/* nothing happens on write ... */
int vga_132; /* set to 1 if driver has support for */
/* 132 column operation for chipset */
/* currently ignored on write*/
};
Its field pure_vt_mode may take the values M_HPVT for a mixed VTxxx and HP Mode, with function key labels and a status line, or M_PUREVT for only VTxxx sequences recognized, with no labels.
VGASETCOLMS
sets the number of columns for the current screen,
its parameter is a pointer to an integer containing either a value of 80, or a value of 132. Note that setting the number of columns to 132 is only supported on some VGA adaptors. Any unsupported numbers cause the ioctl to fail with errno (see intro(2)) being set to EINVAL.
VGA color palette interface
Only on VGA adaptors, there is a color palette register at the output. It is responsible for the red, green and blue output voltage provided for each of the 256 internal color codes, each lying in the range of 0 through 63 (with 63 representing the brightest value for a base color). Thus, these adaptors map each color code to a color of a "palette" out of 262144 colors. The commands
VGAREADPEL
read VGA palette entry, and
VGAWRITEPEL
write VGA palette entry
establish an interface to these palette registers. Their argument is a pointer to:
struct vgapel {
unsigned idx; /* index into palette, 0 .. 255 valid */
unsigned r, g, b; /* RGB values, masked by VGA_PMASK (63) */
};
Driver identification
VGAPCVTID
returns information if the current compiled in driver is pcvt and its major and minor revision numbers. the call is taking a pointer to the following structure as argument:
struct pcvtid {
#define PCVTIDNAMELN 16 /* driver id - string length */
char name[PCVTIDNAMELN]; /* driver name, == PCVTIDSTR */
#define PCVTIDNAME "pcvt" /* driver id - string */
int rmajor; /* revision number, major */
#define PCVTIDMAJOR 3
int rminor; /* revision number, minor */
#define PCVTIDMINOR 00
};
VGAPCVTINFO
returns information if the current compiled in driver is pcvt and its compile time options. the call is taking a pointer to the following structure as argument:
Depending on the configuration of a pcvt driver, there might be a simple screen saver available. It is controlled by the command
VGASCREENSAVER
set timeout for screen saver in seconds; 0 turns it off,
taking a pointer to an integer as argument. Despite its command name, this is available on any kind of adaptor if configured in by the config(8) option "PCVT_SCREENSAVER"
Compatibility commands for USL-style VT’s
pcvt supports a subset of the USL-style commands used to control the virtual terminal interface. This feature is mainly intended to allow XFree86 to switch between virtual screens even when running an X server. They are ugly with respect to the implied semantics (i.e., they break Berkeley semantics). See the file i386/include/pcvt_ioctl.h for their documentation.
