Danish, danish - Introduction to Danish language support
This reference page describes the coded character set
(codeset), locale, device, and other support for the Danish
language.
Codesets [Toc] [Back]
The operating system supports the following codesets for
Danish by means of locales, codeset converters, or both:
ISO 8859-1 (ISO Latin-1)
ISO8859-1 is the string that represents this codeset
in the names of locales and codeset converters.
See iso8859-1(5) for more information. ISO 8859-15
(ISO Latin-9)
ISO8859-15 is the string that represents this codeset
in the names of locales and codeset converters.
See iso8859-15(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 the names of
locales or codeset converters. See Unicode(5) for
more information. PC code pages
cp850, cp865, and cp1252 are the strings that represent
these encoding formats in the names of codeset
converters. See code_page(5) for more information.
See the i18n_intro(5) and l10n_intro(5) reference pages
for introductory information on codesets. The
iconv_intro(5) reference page discusses codeset converters
and how to use them.
Danish Locales [Toc] [Back]
The operating system provides the following Danish
locales: da_DK.ISO8859-1, da_DK.ISO8859-15, and
da_DK.UTF-8 for Denmark
Only the and locales support the euro character.
You can use the locale command (see locale(1)) to find out
if these locales are installed on your system. See
i18n_intro(5) for information on setting locale by using
the operating system command line.
For the Common Desktop Environment (CDE), you set locale
by setting the session language. To do this, use the Language
menu accessed from the Options button on the Login
window.
Keyboards [Toc] [Back]
The operating system supports the following VT style and
PC style keyboards with Danish characters printed on the
keys:
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VT Style (105/108 keys) PC Style (102 keys)
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LK411-AD LK471-AD
LK412-AD LK47W-AD
LK450-AD LK97W-AD
LK451-AD PCXAL-AD
LK461-AD PCXAL-FD
LK46W-AD PCXAL-GD
PCXAL-KD
PCXAL-ND
PCCAL-ND
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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 the keyboard(5) reference
page for general information on keymaps and instructions
for loading them in different formats. The following
tables supply Danish-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-AD lk411 LK471-AD lk471ad or lk471
LK412-AD lk411 LK47W-AD lk471ad or lk471
LK450-AD lk450 LK97W-AD lk97wad or lk97w
LK451-AD lk450 PCXAL-AD pcxalad
LK461-AD lk461 PCXAL-FD pcxalfd
LK46W-AD lk461 PCXAL-GD pcxalgd
PCXAL-KD pcxalkd
PCXAL-ND pcxal
PCCAL-ND pcxal
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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-AD danish lk411ad LK471-AD danish pcxalgd
LK412-AD danish lk411ad LK47W-AD danish pcxalgd
LK450-AD danish lk411ad PCXAL-AD danish pcxalgd
LK451-AD danish lk411ad PCXAL-FD danish pcxalgd
LK461-AD danish lk411ad PCXAL-GD danish pcxalgd
LK46W-AD danish lk411ad PCXAL-KD danish pcxalkd
PCXAL-ND danish pcxalgd
PCCAL-ND danish pcxalgd
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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. Refer to the keyboard(5)
reference page for information on how to enter characters.
Printers [Toc] [Back]
PostScript fonts for languages supported by the ISO 8859-1
codeset are printer resident. See i18n_printing(5) for
more information about printer setup options.
Commands: locale(1)
Others: code_page(5), euro(5), i18n_intro(5), i18n_printing(5), iconv_intro(5), iso8859-1(5), iso8859-15(5), keyboard(5), l10n_intro(5), Unicode(5)
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