September 2009
Beginner
942 pages
85h 34m
English
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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 | _ |