utx(7)utx(7)NAMEutx - UNIX terminal extension pseudo device
SYNOPSIS
#include <utx/utxdev.h>
DESCRIPTION
The utx pseudo device provides a communication mechanism between any
server process and the terminal driver subsystem. More specifically,
this pseudo device provides ioctl(2) and other I/O functions used by
server daemons and kernel functions to communicate with the terminal
driver subsystem.
Currently, the Asian terminal driver is using the utx driver to provide
the following extended features: Kana-Kanji conversion (for Japanese
only) Software on-demand font loading for user-defined characters Soft‐
ware phrase input method
Refer to atty(7) for more information about special features provided
by the Asian terminal driver.
SEE ALSO
Commands: utxd(8)
Functions: ioctl(2)
Files: utxd.conf(4), atty(7)utx(7)