Finnish, finnish - Introduction to Finnish language support
This reference page describes the coded character set
(codeset), locale, device, and other support for the
Finnish language.
Codesets [Toc] [Back]
The operating system supports the following codesets for
Finnish 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
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 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.
Finnish Locales [Toc] [Back]
The operating system provides the following Finnish
locales: fi_FI.ISO8859-1, fi_FI.ISO8859-15, and
fi_FI.UTF-8 for Finland
The fi_FI.ISO8859-15 and fi_FI.UTF-8 locales use the euro
symbol for currency. Because the fi_FI.ISO8859-1 locale
repertoire does not contain the euro symbol, it continues
to use the markka currency symbol.
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 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 Finnish characters printed on the
keys:
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VT Style (105/108 keys) PC Style (102 keys)
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LK411-AF LK471-AF
LK412-AF LK47W-AF
LK450-AF LK97W-AF
LK451-AF PCXAL-CA
LK461-AF PCXAL-JA
LK46W-AF
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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
Finnish-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-AF lk411 LK471-AF lk471af or lk471
LK412-AF lk411 LK47W-AF lk471af or lk471
LK450-AF lk450 LK97W-AF lk97waf or lk97w
LK451-AF lk450 PCXAL-CA pcxalca
LK461-AF lk461 PCXAL-JA pcxalja
LK46W-AF lk461
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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-AF finnish lk411af LK471-AF finnish pcxalja
LK412-AF finnish lk411af LK47W-AF finnish pcxalja
LK450-AF finnish lk411af PCXAL-CA finnish pcxalca
LK451-AF finnish lk411af PCXAL-JA finnish pcxalja
LK461-AF finnish lk411af
LK46W-AF finnish lk411af
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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.
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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