SETLEDS(1)		    General Commands Manual		    SETLEDS(1)



NAME
       setleds - set the keyboard leds

SYNOPSIS
       setleds [-v] [-L] [-D] [-F] [{+|-}num] [{+|-}caps] [{+|-}scroll]

DESCRIPTION
       Setleds	reports and changes the led flag settings of a VT (namely Num-
       Lock, CapsLock and ScrollLock).	Without arguments, setleds prints  the
       current	settings.   With  arguments,  it  sets or clears the indicated
       flags (and leaves the others unchanged). The settings before and	 after
       the change are reported if the -v flag is given.

       The  led flag settings are specific for each VT (and the VT correspond-
       ing to stdin is used).

       By default (or with option -F), setleds will only change the  VT	 flags
       (and their setting may be reflected by the keyboard leds).

       With option -D, setleds will change both the VT flags and their default
       settings (so that a subsequent reset will not undo the  change).	  This
       might be useful for people who always want to have numlock set.

       With  option  -L,  setleds will not touch the VT flags, but only change
       the leds.  From this moment on, the leds will no longer reflect the  VT
       flags  (but  display whatever is put into them). The command setleds -L
       (without further arguments) will restore the  situation	in  which  the
       leds reflect the VT flags.

       One  might  use	setleds	 in  /etc/rc to define the initial and default
       state of NumLock, e.g. by
	    INITTY=/dev/tty[1-8]
	    for tty in $INITTY; do
		 setleds -D +num < $tty
	    done

OPTIONS
       -num +num
	      Clear or set NumLock.  (At present, the NumLock  setting	influ-
	      ences  the  interpretation of keypad keys.  Pressing the NumLock
	      key complements the NumLock setting.)

       -caps +caps
	      Clear or set CapsLock.  (At present, the CapsLock	 setting  com-
	      plements	the  Shift  key when applied to letters.  Pressing the
	      CapsLock key complements the CapsLock setting.)

       -scroll +scroll
	      Clear or set ScrollLock.	(At present, pressing  the  ScrollLock
	      key (or ^S/^Q) stops/starts console output.)

BUGS
       In  keyboard  application  mode	the NumLock key does not influence the
       NumLock flag setting.

SEE ALSO
       loadkeys(1)




				  24 Sep 1994			    SETLEDS(1)