Greek, greek - Introduction to Greek language support
This reference page describes the codeset, locale, device,
and other kinds of support for the Greek language.
Codesets [Toc] [Back]
The operating system supports the following coded character
sets (codesets) for Greek: ISO 8859-7 (ISO
Latin/Greek)
ISO8859-7 is the string that represents this codeset
in the names of locales and codeset converters.
See iso8859-7(5) for information on the ISO
Latin/Greek codeset. PC code-page formats (supported
through codeset converters only)
cp737, cp869, and cp1253 are the strings that represent
these encoding formats in the names of codeset
converters. See code_page(5) for information on
PC code pages. UTF-16, UCS-4, and UTF-8 encoding
formats (file data supported through codeset converters
only)
UTF-16, UCS-4, and UTF-8 are the strings that represent
these encoding formats in the names of codeset
converters. See Unicode(5) for information on
these encoding formats.
See i18n_intro(5) and l10n_intro(5) for introductory
information on codesets. See iconv_intro(5) for a discussion
of codeset converters and how to use them.
Locales [Toc] [Back]
The operating system provides the following Greek locales:
el_GR.ISO8859-7
This locale is also available under the name
el_GR.ISO8859-7@ucs4 for applications that need to
convert data between ISO8859-7 file format and
UCS-4 process code for character classification
operations. el_GR.UTF-8
UTF-8 locales support file code and internal process
code according to ISO 10646 and Unicode standards.
File code, in UTF-8 locales, may include
characters encoded in more than 1 byte; therefore,
use these locales in applications that can process
multibyte data.
The el_GR.UTF-8 locale uses the euro symbol for currency.
Because the el_GR.ISO8859-7 locale repertoire does not
contain the euro symbol, it continues to use the drachma
currency symbol. See euro(5).
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 a 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 for Greek:
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VT-Style (105/108 keys) PC-Style (102 keys)
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LK411 LK471-BH
LK461 LK97W-BH
Greek LK471 PCXAL-HH
PCXAL-LH
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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
Greek-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 lk411 LK471-BH lk471bh or lk471
LK461 lk461 LK97W-BH lk97wbh or lk97w
PCXAL-HH pcxalhh
PCXAL-LH pcxallh
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Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format:
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For PC-Style
Keyboard: Select:
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PCXAL-HH greek pcxalhh
PCXAL-LH greek pcxallh
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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]
For information on setting up and configuring printers for
non-English text, see i18n_printing(5).
PostScript fonts available for languages supported by the
ISO 8859-7 codeset are listed in iso8859-7(5).
Commands: locale(1)
Others: code_page(5), i18n_intro(5), i18n_printing(5),
iconv_intro(5), iso8859-7(5), keyboard(5), l10n_intro(5),
Unicode(5)
Writing Software for the International Market
Greek(5)
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