The easiest way of describing the Linux Console Tools features is to compare them with the kbd package, from which it is derived. This will be most useful to people used to kbd . Some examples of fallback tables automatically generated from the authoritative Unicode Data list are also provided. Shared libraries for some code which is duplicated in the kbd tree, as well as for some general-purpose functions.
Most tools accept a filename argument of - to refer to stdin or stdout .
Several more manpages. An extensive ChangeLog file for hackers, as well as a NEWS file, more useful for end-users. You can save a 512-chars font.