Czech, czech - Introduction to Czech language support
This reference page describes the coded character set
(codeset), locale, device, font, and other kinds of support
for the Czech language as used in the Czech Republic.
Codesets for Czech [Toc] [Back]
The operating system supports the following codesets for
Czech by means of locales, codeset converters, or both:
ISO 8859-2 (ISO Latin 2)
ISO8859-2 is the string that represents this codeset
in names of locales and codeset converters. See
iso8859-2(5) for more information. UTF-16, UCS-4,
and UTF-8
UTF-16, UCS-4, and UTF-8 are the strings that represent
these encoding formats in names of locales
and codeset converters. See Unicode(5) for more
information. PC code pages
cp852 and cp1250 are the strings that represent PC
code pages in the names of codeset converters. See
code_page(5) for more information.
See i18n_intro(5) and l10n_intro(5) for introductory
information on codesets. See iconv_intro(5) for a discussion
of codeset converters and how to use them.
Locales [Toc] [Back]
The operating system provides the following locales for
the Czech language and Czech Republic: cs_CZ.ISO8859-2
This locale is also available under the name
cs_CZ.ISO8859-2@ucs4 for applications that need to
convert data from ISO8859-2 file format to UCS-4
process code for character classification operations.
cs_CZ.UTF-8
UTF-8 locales support file code and internal process
code according to ISO 10646 and Unicode standards.
File code, in UTF-8 locales, may include
characters encoded in more than 1 byte; therefore,
use these locales in applications that can process
multibyte data. The UTF-8 locale supports the euro
monetary symbol; see euro(5).
You can use the locale command (see locale(1)) to find out
if this locale is installed on your system. See
i18n_intro(5) for information on setting a locale.
In the Common Desktop Environment (CDE), you need to set a
locale by setting the session language. To do this, from
the Options menu of the Login window, choose Language.
Then, from the Language options menu, choose a session
language.
Keyboards [Toc] [Back]
The operating system supports the following VT-style and
PC-style keyboards with Czech characters printed on the
keys:
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VT-Style (105/108 keys) PC-Style (102 keys)
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LK411-BV LK471-BV
LK461-BV LK47W-BV
LK46W-BV LK97W-BV
PCXAL-HV
PCXAL-LU
PCXAL-LV
PCXAL-PV
PCXAL-SV
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For your keyboard to function correctly with your system,
you must load a keyboard mapping table (keymap) that is
appropriate for your keyboard's model and language. If you
load a keymap that does not correspond to your keyboard's
model and language, your keyboard behavior is unpredictable.
The label located on the bottom surface of a
keyboard usually specifies its model (five-letter code)
and language (two-letter code). See keyboard(5) for general
information on keymaps and instructions for loading
them in different formats. The following tables supply
Czech-specific information that you need when loading
keymaps.
Selecting keymaps in xkb format:
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For VT-Style For PC-Style
Keyboard: Select: Keyboard: Select:
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LK411-BV lk411 LK471-BV lk471bv or lk471
LK461-BV lk461 LK47W-BV lk471bv or lk471
LK46W-BV lk461 LK97W-BV lk97wbv or lk97w
PCXAL-HV pcxalhv
PCXAL-LU pcxallu
PCXAL-LV pcxallv
PCXAL-PV pcxalpv
PCXAL-SV pcxalsv
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Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format:
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For VT-Style For PC-Style
Keyboard: Select: Keyboard: Select:
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LK411-BV czech lk411bv LK471-BV czech pcxalhv
LK461-BV czech lk411bv LK47W-BV czech pcxalhv
LK46W-BV czech lk411bv PCXAL-HV czech pcxalhv
PCXAL-LU czech pcxalhv
PCXAL-LV czech pcxallv
PCXAL-PV czech pcxalpv
PCXAL-SV czech pcxalhv
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Keyboards can have keys with characters printed on both
the left and right half of the keycap. The way you set or
use your keyboard to send different sets of characters
varies from one keyboard model to another. Furthermore,
your keyboard allows you to enter more characters than
those printed on the keycaps. See keyboard(5) for information
on how to enter characters.
Printers [Toc] [Back]
For general information on printing support for different
languages, see i18n_printing(5). The PostScript fonts
available for languages supported by the ISO 8859-2 codeset
are listed in iso8859-2(5).
Commands: locale(1)
Others: code_page(5), i18n_intro(5), i18n_printing(5),
iconv_intro(5), iso8859-2(5), keyboard(5), l10n_intro(5),
Unicode(5)
Writing Software for the International Market
Czech(5)
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