---
name: "cyr"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "console-cyrillic"
version: "0.9-18"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cyr"
---

# cyr(1)

setup Cyrillic on Linux console

## NAME

cyr - setup Cyrillic on Linux console

## SYNOPSIS

**cyr \[** *options* **\]... \[** *keyboard* **\[** *keyboard\_options* **... \]\]**

## DESCRIPTION

**cyr** is a program for fast and easy setup of Cyrillic on the Linux console.

## OPTIONS

- \-C, --copyright

  Display copying conditions and warranty information.

- \-h, --help

  Display help information and exit.

- \--save

  Saves given parametes as default for latter use in ~/.cyr\_defaults.

- \-v, --verbose

  Be more verbose.

- \-s, --style=fontstyle

  - \-f, --size=fontsize

  Use the given fontstyle (i.e. fontface) and fontsize.  Type cyr --help to see possible fontstyle-fontsize combinations.

- \--font=fontfile

  Use this fontfile.  The options -s and -f get ingnored if this option is given.  You will use this argument if you want to use font that is not directly supported by  **cyr.**

- \-e, --encoding=encoding

  Setup the Linux console for this encoding.

- \--ttys='console1 console2...'

  Setup Cyrillic in these consoles.

- keyboard

  - keyboard\_options

  Use this keyboard and keyboard options.

## CONFIGURATION FILE

**cyr** reads it defaults from ~/.cyr\_defaults or (if the former file doesn't exist) from /etc/console-cyrillic.

Lines that contain only spaces or begin with \`#' are simply ignored. All other lines should have the form

keyword parameters

Different keywords correspond to different arguments of  **cyr** as follows:

\`ttys terminals...' is equivalent to \`--tty='terminals...''.

\`style fontstyle' is equivalent to \`--style=fontstyle'.

\`size fontsize' is equivalent to \`--size=fontsize'.

\`encoding enc' is equivalent to \`--encoding=enc'.

\`fontfile fntfile' is equivalent ot \`--font=fntfile'.

\`layout kbd' specifies kbd as default keyboard to use.

\`options opt...' specifies opt as default keyboard options.

## AUTHOR

Anton Zinoviev \<anton@lml.bas.bg\>, \<zinoviev@debian.org\>