Dutch, dutch, Flemish, flemish - Introduction to Dutch and
Flemish language support
This reference page describes the coded character set
(codeset), locale, device, and other support for the Dutch
or Flemish language.
Codesets [Toc] [Back]
The operating system supports the following codesets for
Dutch or Flemish 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 of codeset
converters. See code_page(5) for more information.
See i18n_intro(5) and l10n_intro(5) for introductory
information on codesets.
Dutch Locales [Toc] [Back]
The operating system provides the following Dutch/Flemish
locales for different countries: nl_BE.ISO8859-1,
nl_BE.ISO8859-15, and nl_BE.UTF-8 for Belgium
nl_NL.ISO8859-1, nl_NL.ISO8859-15, and nl_NL.UTF-8 for the
Netherlands
The nl_BE.ISO8859-15 and nl_BE.UTF-8 locales use the euro
symbol for currency. Because the nl_BE.ISO8859-1 locale
repertoire does not contain the euro symbol, it continues
to use the franc currency symbol.
The nl_NL.ISO8859-15 and nl_NL.UTF-8 locales use the euro
symbol for currency. Because the nl_NL.ISO8859-1 locale
repertoire does not contain the euro symbol, it continues
to use the guilder currency symbol.
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 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 Dutch characters printed on the
keys:
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VT Style (105/108 keys) PC Style (102 keys)
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LK411-AH LK471-AH
LK412-AH LK47W-AH
LK450-AH LK97W-AH
LK451-AH PCXAL-GH
LK461-AH PCXAL-KH
LK46W-AH PCXAL-NH
PCCAL-NH
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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 Dutch-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-AH lk411 LK471-AH lk471ah or lk471
LK412-AH lk411 LK47W-AH lk471ah or lk471
LK450-AH lk450 LK97W-AH lk97wah or lk97w
LK451-AH lk450 PCXAL-RH pcxalrh
LK461-AH lk461 PCXAL-GH pcxalgh
LK46W-AH lk461 PCXAL-KH pcxal
PCXAL-NH pcxal
PCCAL-NH 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-AH dutch lk411ah LK471-AH dutch pcxalgh
LK412-AH dutch lk411ah LK47W-AH dutch pcxalgh
LK450-AH dutch lk411ah PCXAL-RH dutch pcxalgh
LK451-AH dutch lk411ah PCXAL-GH dutch pcxalgh
LK461-AH dutch lk411ah PCXAL-KH dutch pcxalgh
LK46W-AF dutch lk411ah PCXAL-NH dutch pcxalgh
PCCAL-NH dutch pcxalgh
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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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