Lithuanian, lithuanian - Introduction to Lithuanian language
support
This reference page describes the coded character set
(codeset), locale, device, font, and other kinds of support
for the Lithuanian language.
Codesets [Toc] [Back]
The operating system supports the following codesets for
Lithuanian by means of locales, codeset converters, or
both: ISO 8859-4 (ISO Latin-4)
ISO8859-4 is the string that represents this codeset
in names of locales and codeset converters. See
iso8859-4(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 codeset
converters. See Unicode(5) for more information.
PC code pages
cp775 and cp1257 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 a discussion
of codeset converters and how to use them.
Locales [Toc] [Back]
The operating system provides the following locales for
the Lithuanian language and Lithuania: lt_LT.ISO8859-4
The lt_LT.ISO8859-4@ucs4 variant of this locale is
also available for applications that need to convert
file data in ISO8859-4 format to UCS-4 process
code in order to perform certain character-classification
operations. lt_LT.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 UTF-8 locale supports the euro
monetary symbol; see euro(5).
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 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 with Lithuanian characters printed on
the keys:
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VT-Style (105/108 keys) PC-Style (102 keys)
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LK411 LK471
LK97W
PCXAL
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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
Lithuanian-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 lk471
LK97W lk97w
PCXAL pcxal
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Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format:
------------------------------------------------------------------
For VT-Style For PC-Style
Keyboard: Select: Keyboard: Select:
------------------------------------------------------------------
LK411 lithuanian lk411 PCXAL lithuanian pcxal
------------------------------------------------------------------
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]
The operating system does not provide PostScript fonts for
the ISO Latin-4 codeset.
See i18n_printing(5) for information about your printer
support options.
Commands: locale(1)
Others: code_page(5), i18n_intro(5), i18n_printing(5),
iconv_intro(5), iso8859-4(5), keyboard(5), l10n_intro(5),
Unicode(5)
Writing Software for the International Market
Lithuanian(5)
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