{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "unicode_start",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/unicode_start/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-14T00:15:45Z",
    "synopsis": "unicodestart [font [umap]]",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "unicodestart - put keyboard and console in unicode mode\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "unicodestart [font [umap]]\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "The unicodestart command will put the keyboard and console into Unicode (UTF-8) mode.\n\nFor  the  keyboard this means that one can attach 16-bit U+xxxx values to keyboard keys using\nloadkeys(1), and have these appear as UTF-8 input to user programs.  Also, that one can  type\nhexadecimal Alt-xxxx using the numeric keypad, and again produce UTF-8.\n\nFor  the console this means that the kernel expects UTF-8 output from user programs, and dis‐\nplays the output accordingly.\n\nThe parameter font is a font that is loaded. It should have a built-in Unicode map, or, if it\nhasn't,  such a map can be given explicitly as second parameter.  When no font was specified,\nthe current font is kept.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "NOTE": {
            "content": "Unicode mode is a parameter with a value per virtual console.  However, usually the font  and\nkeymap is common to all consoles.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "dumpkeys(1), kbdmode(1), loadkeys(1), unicodestop(1), utf-8(7), setfont(8)\n\n\n\nkbd                                          3 Feb 2001                             UNICODESTART(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "unicodestart - put keyboard and console in unicode mode",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "dumpkeys",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/dumpkeys/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "kbdmode",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/kbdmode/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "loadkeys",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/loadkeys/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "unicodestop",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/unicodestop/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "utf-8",
            "section": "7",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/utf-8/7/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "setfont",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/setfont/8/json"
        }
    ]
}