<term><command>set-keymap MAP [TOGGLEMAP]</command></term>
<listitem><para>Set the system
- keyboard mapping for the console. This
- takes a keyboard mapping name (such as
- "de" or "us"), and possibly a second
- one to define a toggle keyboard
+ keyboard mapping for the console and
+ X11. This takes a mapping name (such
+ as "de" or "us"), and possibly a
+ second one to define a toggle keyboard
mapping. Unless
<option>--no-convert</option> is
passed, the selected setting is also
- applied to the default keyboard
+ applied as the default system keyboard
mapping of X11, after converting it to
the closest matching X11 keyboard
mapping. Use
<term><command>set-x11-keymap LAYOUT [MODEL [VARIANT [OPTIONS]]]</command></term>
<listitem><para>Set the system default
- keyboard mapping for X11. This takes a
- keyboard mapping name (such as "de" or
- "us"), and possibly a model, variant
- and options, see
+ keyboard mapping for X11 and the
+ virtual console. This takes a keyboard
+ mapping name (such as
+ <literal>de</literal> or
+ <literal>us</literal>), and possibly a
+ model, variant, and options, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>kbd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for details. Unless
<option>--no-convert</option> is
passed, the selected setting is also
- applied to the system console keyboard
+ applied as the system console keyboard
mapping, after converting it to the
closest matching console keyboard
mapping.</para></listitem>
" status Show current locale settings\n"
" set-locale LOCALE... Set system locale\n"
" list-locales Show known locales\n"
- " set-keymap MAP [MAP] Set virtual console keyboard mapping\n"
+ " set-keymap MAP [MAP] Set console and X11 keyboard mappings\n"
" list-keymaps Show known virtual console keyboard mappings\n"
" set-x11-keymap LAYOUT [MODEL [VARIANT [OPTIONS]]]\n"
- " Set X11 keyboard mapping\n"
+ " Set X11 and console keyboard mappings\n"
" list-x11-keymap-models Show known X11 keyboard mapping models\n"
" list-x11-keymap-layouts Show known X11 keyboard mapping layouts\n"
" list-x11-keymap-variants [LAYOUT]\n"