Linux in a Nutshell, Fourth Edition

Name

setkey

Synopsis

                     setkey [to-key from-key]

Configure the keyboard map for GRUB by mapping the key from-key to the key to-key. With no mappings specified, reset the keyboard map. setkey is useful for setting up international keyboards. Possible key values are letters, digits, one of the strings “alt”, “backspace”, “capslock”, “control”, “delete”, “enter”, “escape”, “Fn" (where n is one of the function key numbers), “shift”, “tab”, or one of the strings in the Key Value columns of the following table:

Key Value	Character		Key Value	Character
ampersand	&		asterisk	*
at	@		backquote	`
backslash	\		bar	|
braceleft	{		braceright	}
bracketleft	[		bracketright	]
caret	^		colon	:
comma	,		dollar	$
doublequote	"		equal	=
exclam	!		greater	>
less	<		minus	-
numbersign	#		parenleft	(
parenright	)		percent	%
period	.		plus	+
question	?		quote	`
semicolon	;		slash	/
space			tilde	~
underscore	_