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.\" $NetBSD: wscons.9,v 1.3 2001/10/22 20:43:03 gmcgarry Exp $
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.Dd October 7, 2001
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.Dt WSCONS 9
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm wscons
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.Nd machine-independent console support
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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driver provides a machine-independent framework for workstation
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consoles. It consists of several cooperating modules:
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.Bl -bullet
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.It
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display adapters (see
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.Xr wsdisplay 9 )
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.It
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keyboards (see
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.Xr wskbd 9 )
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.It
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pointers and mice (see
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.Xr wsmouse 9 )
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.It
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input event multiplexor
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.It
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font handling (see
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.Xr wsfont 9 )
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.It
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terminal emulation (see
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.Xr wsdisplay 9 )
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.El
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.Pp
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The wscons framework replaces the old rcons workstation framework and
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the various machine-dependent console implementations.
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.Sh CODE REFERENCES
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This section describes places within the
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.Nx
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source tree where actual code implementing or utilising the
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machine-independent wscons subsystem can be found. All pathnames are
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relative to
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.Pa /usr/src .
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.Pp
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The wscons subsystem is implemented within the directory
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.Pa sys/dev/wscons .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr wscons 4 ,
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.Xr driver 9 ,
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.Xr intro 9 ,
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.Xr wsdisplay 9 ,
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.Xr wsfont 9 ,
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.Xr wskbd 9 ,
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.Xr wsmouse 9
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