Icelandic, icelandic - Introduction to Icelandic language
support
This reference page describes the coded character set
(codeset), locale, device, and other support for the Icelandic
language.
Codesets [Toc] [Back]
The operating system supports the following codesets for
Icelandic 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 codeset
converters. See Unicode(5) for more information.
PC code pages
cp850, cp861, cp865, and cp1252 are the strings
that represent these encoding fomats 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.
Icelandic Locales [Toc] [Back]
The operating system provides the following Icelandic
locales: is_IS.ISO8859-1 and is_IS.ISO8859-15 is_IS.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 is_IS.ISO8859-15 and is_IS.UTF-8 locales support the
euro monetary symbol; see euro(5).
You can use the locale command (see locale(1)) to find out
which locales are installed on your system. See
i18n_intro(5) for information on setting a locale from the
operating system command line.
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 PC-style keyboards
with Icelandic characters printed on the keys:
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PC-Style (102 keys)
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LK471-CQ
LK97W-CQ
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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 table supplies
Icelandic-specific information that you need when loading
keymaps.
Selecting keymaps in xkb format or xmodmap format:
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For PC-Style Keyboard: Select:
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LK471-CQ icelandic lk471cq or lk471
LK97W-CQ icelandic lk97wcq or lk97w
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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.
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)
Writing Software for the International Market
Icelandic(5)
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