Italian, italian - Introduction to Italian language support
This reference page describes the codeset, locale, device,
and other kinds of support for the Italian language.
Codesets [Toc] [Back]
The operating system supports the following coded character
sets (codesets) for Italian 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 and codeset converters. See Unicode(5) for
more information. PC code pages
cp437, cp850, and cp1252 are the strings that represent
these encoding formats in the names 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 information
on codeset converters and how to use them.
Locales [Toc] [Back]
The operating system supports the following Italian
locales: it_IT.ISO8859-1, it_IT.ISO8859-15, and
it_IT.UTF-8 for Italy
The it_IT.ISO8859-15 and it_IT.UTF-8 locales use the euro
symbol for currency. Because the it_IT.ISO8859-1 locale
repertoire does not contain the euro symbol, it continues
to use the lire currency symbol.
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 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 VT style and
PC style keyboards with Italian characters printed on the
keys:
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VT Style (105/108 keys) PC Style (102 keys)
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LK411-AI LK471-AI
LK450-AI LK47W-AI
LK451-AI LK97W-AI
LK461-AI PCXAL-AI
LK46W-AI PCXAL-FI
PCXAL-GI
PCXAL-KI
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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
Italian-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-AI lk411 LK471-AI lk471ai or lk471
LK450-AI lk450 LK47W-AI lk471ai or lk471
LK451-AI lk450 LK97W-AI lk97wai or lk97w
LK461-AI lk461 PCXAL-AI pcxalai
LK46W-AI lk461 PCXAL-FI pcxalfi
PCXAL-GI pcxalgi
PCXAL-KI pcxalki
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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-AI italian lk411ai LK471-AI italian pcxalgi
LK450-AI italian lk411ai LK47W-AI italian pcxalgi
LK451-AI italian lk411ai PCXAL-AI italian pcxalgi
LK461-AI italian lk411ai PCXAL-FI italian pcxalgi
LK46W-AI italian lk411ai PCXAL-GI italian pcxalgi
PCXAL-KI italian pcxalgi
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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]
PostScript fonts for languages supported by the ISO 8859-1
codeset are printer resident. See i18n_printing(5) for a
general discussion of printer support 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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