The Reactive Keyboard: A Predictive Typing Aid ( John J. Darragh, Ian H. Witten, Mark L. James ; IEEE Computer Magazine 1990-11)

The TouchStream - Yet Another Keyboard? [2002/04/25]

More Ergonomic Keyboards [2002/03/28]

KVM Recommendations for 2002? [2002/01/29]

No-Nonsense, Compact, USB/PS2 Keyboards? [2001/06/28]

Ergonomic Laptop Keyboards? [2001/05/26]

Light Touch / Low Force Keyboards [2001/03/22]

Replacements For Mouse And Keyboard? [ 2000/08/21]

Cleaning Your Keyboards? [ 2000/08/14]

Modifying X-Modifiers [ 2000/02/28]

Ergonomic Keyboards [ 2000/02/22]

Where Can I Find Keyboard Reviews? [ 1999/12/17]

How can I read a character without echoing it to the screen, and without waiting for the user to press the Enter key? []

How can I disable Ctrl-C/Ctrl-Break and/or Ctrl-Alt-Del? []

How can I disable the print screen function? []

How can my program turn NumLock (CapsLock, ScrollLock) on or off? []

How can I speed up the keyboard's auto-repeat? []

What is the SysRq key for? []

How can my program tell what kind of keyboard is on the system? []

How can I tell if input, output, or stderr has been redirected? []

How can I increase the size of the keyboard buffer? []

How can I stuff characters into the keyboard buffer? []

How can I find out whether a character has been typed, without waiting for one? []

Questions and Answers

kbd(8) - set national keyboard translation {oss}

passwd(1) - modify a user's password {oss}

kcon(1) - keyboard control and remapping for the pcvt driver {oss}

GSwitchIt applet - Xkb state (keyboard groups) on GNOME panel {(L)GPL}

MADO TSUKAI NO YUUTSU - Let's customize all key bindings on Windows. For example, we can use a notepad.exe as if it were an emacs! {BSD-like}

FvwmKb - Xkb support module for Fvwm - FvwmKb is a module for Fvwm and Scwm window managers that makes it more comfortable to work with several Xkb keyboard layouts. For the focused window it stores the currently locked Xkb group (keyboard layout) in its internal database and restores it wh {(L)GPL}

xkbset-0.3 - Manage various XKB features of X Window

ru-xxkb-1.6 - An XKB keyboard layout switcher and indicator

gswitchit_applet-0.81 - A simple keyboard state indicator and switcher for GNOME Desktop

ru-xruskb-1.15.2 - A keyboard layout switcher and indicator

xkbctrl-1.0 - Display and manipulate XKB keyboard controls from the commandline

xkeywrap-1.1 - Record, repeat, and play key sequence from keyboard

xvkbd-2.1 - A virtual keyboard for X applications

bbkeys-0.8.3 - A keygrabber for the Blackbox window manager

ru-wmcyrx-2.1 - The cyrillic keyboard layout manager for Window Maker

fortunelock-0.1.2 - Locks a terminal while showing fortunes

vlock-1.3 - Locks a terminal

xbindkeys_config-0.1.0 - An easy to use gtk program for configuring Xbindkeys

ru-xcyrBGR-1.0 - The bulgarian cyrillic keyboard layout manager for X11

virt-1.0 - Game and keyboard teacher in one. Enjoy it!

gtypist-2.5_1 - Interactive typing tutor

xkeycaps-2.46 - Graphically display and edit the keyboard mapping

keybind.pch - Rebind the console keyboard in Xenix or System Vr3.2.1+ {oss}

keybind - Rebind the console keyboard in Xenix or System Vr3.2.1+ {oss}

aaakeys - Ann Arbor XL key uploader {oss}

Joy2Key - Translate joystick movements into keyboard events (X and console) {GPL}

Turbo Typing

Roller Typing

Typing Pal 3.0

Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 8.0 (Jewel Case)

Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 12.0 Deluxe

Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 12.0

Typing Tutor 10 Gold

Instant Typing (4 CD-ROM)

The Typing of the Dead

Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 11.0 Deluxe

Typing Tutor 10

xruskb-1.13.0.tgz - english-russian keyboard switcher for X11

xruskb-1.13.0-motif.tgz - english-russian keyboard switcher for X11

Typing Instructor Deluxe 12

Typing Quick & Easy 12

Typing Quick & Easy 12

Applications and Utilities

Keywatch.C - Demonstrates capturing keyboard interrupt {oss,msdos}

Kbflip.C - Set/clear Caps/Num/Scroll locks {oss,msdos}

Keylocks.C - Caps/Num lock set/clear functions {oss,msdos}

Timegetc.C - Wait specified time for a keypress {oss,msdos}

Kbtrap.H, Kbtrap.C - Traps reset, break, system keys {oss,msdos}

Isxkbrd.C - Detects extended (101+ key) keyboard {oss,msdos}

Kb_Stuff.C - Stuff a single character or string into the keyboard buffer {oss,msdos}

Isshift.C - Determine if shift, alt, or ctrl key is pressed {oss,msdos}

Ext_Keys.H, Ext_Keys.C, Faskbhit.C, Kb_Data.h - Dos (and OS/2) keyboard I/O functions {oss,msdos}

Ext_Keys.H, Ext_Keys.C, Faskbhit.C, Kb_Data.h - Dos (and OS/2) keyboard I/O functions {oss}

Getyn.C - Get a yes/no response with prompt, default, and timeout {oss}

Kb_Stuff.C - Stuff a single character or string into the keyboard buffer {oss}

Isshift.C - Determine if shift, alt, or ctrl key is pressed {oss}

Isxkbrd.C - Detects extended (101+ key) keyboard {oss}

Keylocks.C - Caps/Num lock set/clear functions {oss}

Kbtrap.H, Kbtrap.C - Traps reset, break, system keys {oss}

Timegetc.C - Wait specified time for a keypress {oss}

Editgets.H.Editgets.C - Get an input string with editing functions {oss}

Kbflip.C - Set/clear Caps/Num/Scroll locks {oss}

Keywatch.C - Demonstrates capturing keyboard interrupt {oss}

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See also: Terminal I/O - TTY (character based display and keyboard) and related routines.

See also: Curses keyboard input - Curses (Library for text display interface) keyboard interface

See also: Mouse and Pointer Interfaces

Up to User Interface - Gateway topic to presentation (like printing and graphics) and user interface routines. Textual User Interfaces Curses et al.

(Metalab at UNC) /pub/linux/system/keyboards/ - various keyboards for different places worldwide