German, german - Introduction to German language support
This reference page describes the coded character set
(codeset), locale, device, and other kinds of support for
the German language.
Codesets [Toc] [Back]
The operating system supports the following codesets for
German 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 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. See iconv_intro(5) for information
on codeset converters and how to use them.
Locales [Toc] [Back]
The operating system provides the following German locales
for different countries: de_CH.ISO8859-1,
de_CH.ISO8859-15, and de_CH.UTF-8, for Switzerland
de_DE.ISO8859-1, de_DE.ISO8859-15, and de_DE.UTF-8, for
Germany
The de_CH.ISO8859-15 and de_CH.UTF-8 locales support the
euro symbol for currency. The de_DE.ISO8859-15 and
de_DE.UTF-8 locales use the euro symbol for currency.
Because the locale repertoire does not contain the euro
symbol, de_CH.ISO8859-1 and de_DE.ISO8859-1 continue to
use the marc 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 German characters printed on the
keys:
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VT Style (105/108 keys) PC Style (102 keys)
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LK411-AG LK471-AG
LK450-AG LK47W-AG
LK451-AG LK97W-AG
LK461-AG PCXAL-AG
LK46W-AG PCXAL-FG
PCXAL-GG
PCXAL-KG
PCXAL-TT
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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
German-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-AG lk411 LK471-AG lk471ag or lk471
LK450-AG lk450 LK47W-AG lk471ag or lk471
LK451-AG lk450 LK97W-AG lk97wag or lk97w
LK461-AG lk461 PCXAL-AG pcxalag
LK46W-AG lk461 PCXAL-FG pcxalfg
PCXAL-GG pcxalgg
PCXAL-KG pcxalkg
PCXAL-TT pcxaltt
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Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format:
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For VT For PC
Style Style
Keyboard: Select: Keyboard: Select:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
LK411-AG austrian german lk411ag LK471-AG austrian german pcxalgg
LK450-AG austrian german lk411ag LK47W-AG austrian german pcxalgg
LK451-AG austrian german lk411ag PCXAL-AG austrian german pcxalgg
LK461-AG austrian german lk411ag PCXAL-FG austrian german pcxalgg
LK46W-AG austrian german lk411ag PCXAL-GG austrian german pcxalgg
PCXAL-KG austrian german pcxalgg
PCXAL-TT austrian german pcxalgg
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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 discussion of printer support
options.
Commands: locale(1)
Others: code_page(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
German(5)
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