keyboard tweaking without X

[Mike McClain <mike.mcclain@nowhere.net>]

On 17 May 2007 Tyler Smith <tyler.smith@mail.mcgill.ca> asked:
> Are these just part of working in a console, 
> or can someone point me to a resource for fixing them up?

Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO
/etc/init.d/keymap.sh loads /etc/console/boottime.kmap.gz
bash bind has an emacs-editing-mode which you might find useful.
man showkey -s -m -k 
^v - Control v      
man setmetamode
man kbd_mode    (careful with this one)
In RedHat5 I had gitkeys available: 
    GNU Interactive Tools 4.3.16 - Display key sequence utility
The following scripts I use to :
    1) document how I have my keyboard setup.
    2) set my keyboard up the way I want it, mostly based on 
        comfortable mappings of the readline editing functions.
        setkeys runs every time I boot up.
HTH,
Mike

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#!/bin/bash
#   /mc/bin/getkeys    Jun 3 2004  Mc
#   to collect data about key assignments
#   040707  made distribution independant & moved to /mc/bin/

TargetPath=/mc/docs$DISTRIBUTION/keys
Prompt=root@$DISTRIBUTION
if [ ! -e $TargetPath ] ; then
    echo $TargetPath doesnt exist.;
    echo $Prompt
    exit;
fi

Target=$TargetPath/dumpkeys.txt
echo "$Prompt:~> dumpkeys > $Target" > $Target
date >> $Target
dumpkeys >> $Target

Target=$TargetPath/dumpkeys-f.txt
echo "$Prompt:~> dumpkeys -f > $Target" > $Target
date >> $Target
dumpkeys -f >> $Target

Target=$TargetPath/dumpkeys--long-info.txt
echo "$Prompt:~> dumpkeys --long-info > $Target" > $Target
date >> $Target
dumpkeys --long-info >> $Target

Target=$TargetPath/stty-a.txt
echo "$Prompt:~> stty -a > $Target" > $Target
date >> $Target
stty -a >> $Target

Target=$TargetPath/bind-p.txt
echo "$Prompt:~> bind -p > $Target" > $Target
date >> $Target
echo bind -p is not working from script! must do by hand
echo 'Cut/Paste'
echo "bind -p >> $Target"
bind -p >> $Target

Target=$TargetPath/getkeycodes.txt
echo "$Prompt:~> getkeycodes > $Target" > $Target
date >> $Target
getkeycodes >> $Target
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# /mc/bin/setkeys     started on DosLinux    28 Oct. '98   Mc 
# a script to reset my keyboard prefs after 'loadkeys us'
#   Thu Jan 11 2001     added lpe         /slak70
#   040707  here doc

LOADKEYS=$(which loadkeys)
if [ -x $LOADKEYS ]; then
    echo "$LOADKEYS" found.
    cat << EOT | $LOADKEYS
    # This is so you can open another console using the left-Alt & Up-arrow key.
    alt     keycode 103 = Spawn_Console
    altgr   keycode 103 = Spawn_Console
    altgr   keycode 105 = Decr_Console
    altgr   keycode 106 = Incr_Console
    # forward/backword_word --> ^Right/^Left cursor keys
    control keycode 105 = Meta_b
    control keycode 106 = Meta_f
    #        ^Home --> bash:backward-kill-line
    control keycode 102 = Control_u
    #        ^End --> bash:kill-line
    control keycode 107 = Control_k
    #        ^BS --> bash:backward-kill-word
    control keycode 14 = F102
    string F102 = "\033\010"
    #	^Pg_Up --> start of buf in lpe
    control keycode 104 = F105
    string F105 = "\033[[5~"
    #	^Pg_Down -- end of buf in lpe
    control keycode 109 = F106
    string F106 = "\033[[6~"
    #	Shift Insert --> bash:yank (paste)
    shift keycode 110 = Control_y
    #   Altgr Insert --> bash:yank_pop (paste+)
    altgr keycode 110 = Meta_y
    #	^Del --> lpe:kill, bash:kill-whole-line  (cut)
    control keycode 111 = F108
    string F108 = "\033[[3~"
    #        Altgr Del --> bash:kill-word
    altgr keycode 111 = Meta_d
    #        Altgr / --> lpe:do_macro
    altgr keycode 53 = Meta_slash
EOT
# EOT MUST be first & only thing on the line
else
    echo $LOADKEYS not found.
fi
unset LOADKEYS
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