LOADUNIMAP(8)

💖 LOADUNIMAP 💖

okay bestie, so loadunimap lives in section 8 of the System Manager's Manual, which is the fancy way of saying "this is a system admin command, not some lil userland toy" ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

loadunimap — loads the kernel unicode-to-font mapping table 🦋

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

loadunimap [options] [map]

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so first thing, no cap: loadunimap is obsolete. like, it's giving legacy era 💀. its whole function got built into setfont(8) now. but for backwards compatibility it's still hanging around as its own separate command, because we respect the elders 🫶

here's the vibe: the program loadunimap loads the map you specify into the kernel's unicode-to-font mapping table. 🧚

if you don't give it a map? then the def mapping table is assumed. lowkey convenient.

and the default extension — the one you're allowed to just... omit — is .uni. so you don't have to type the whole thing, the way that it fills it in for you is iconic 💅

on Linux 2.6.1 and later, you can specify the console device using the -C option. periodt.

usually you do not call loadunimap directly, bestie. its function is also built into setfont(8). so like, this is the side quest, setfont is the main character 👑

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -o, --output=FILE — saves the old map to the FILE. like, a lil keepsake of the map you had before 🙈
• -C, --console=DEV — the console device to be used. that's the one, that's your console 🎀
• -V, --version — prints the version number. say hi to the version ✨
• -h, --help — prints this usage message. for when you're lost, which, valid 🌸

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🌈 FILES 🌈

• /usr/share/kbd/unimaps — the default directory for unicode mappings. the home base 🏠
• /usr/share/kbd/unimaps/def.uni — the default mapping file. the one that shows up when you don't say anything, the quiet overachiever ⭐

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👑 AUTHORS 👑

Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl> — legend behaviour, fr fr 💜

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

mapscrn(8), setfont(8)

real talk though — go hang out with setfont(8), that's where the party's at now 🎉

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! this was shipped as part of kbd, dated 24 October 2024 — mwah, slay, go load some unicode maps responsibly 💖✨🎀