Swedish, swedish - Introduction to Swedish language support
This reference page describes the coded character set
(codeset), locale, device, and other kinds of support for
the Swedish language.
Codesets [Toc] [Back]
The operating system supports the following codesets for
Swedish 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, 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.
Locales [Toc] [Back]
The operating system supports the following Swedish
locales: sv_SE.ISO8859-1, sv_SE.ISO8859-15, and
sv_SE.UTF-8, for Sweden
The sv_SE.ISO8859-15 and sv_SE.UTF-8 locales use the euro
symbol for currency. Because the sv_SE.ISO8859-1 locale
repertoire does not contain the euro symbol, it continues
to use the traditional Swedish 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 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 Swedish characters printed on the
keys:
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VT Style (105/108 keys) PC Style (102 keys)
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LK411-AM LK471-AF
LK450-AM LK47W-AF
LK451-AM LK97W-AF
LK461-AM PCXAL-AM
LK46W-AM PCXAL-CA
PCXAL-JA
PCXAL-MA
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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 Swedish-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-AM lk411 LK471-AF lk471af or lk471
LK450-AM lk450 LK47W-AF lk471af or lk471
LK451-AM lk450 LK97W-AF lk97waf or lk97w
LK461-AM lk461 PCXAL-AM pcxalja
LK46W-AM lk461 PCXAL-CA pcxalca
PCXAL-JA pcxalja
PCXAL-MA pcxalma
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Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format:
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For VT Style For PC Style
Keyboard: Select: Keyboard: Select:
----------------------------------------------------------------
LK411-AM swedish lk411am LK471-AF swedish pcxalja
LK450-AM swedish lk411am LK47W-AF swedish pcxalja
LK451-AM swedish lk411am PCXAL-AM swedish pcxalja
LK461-AM swedish lk411am PCXAL-CA swedish pcxalja
LK46W-AM swedish lk411am PCXAL-JA swedish pcxalja
PCXAL-MA swedish pcxalja
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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.
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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