Portuguese, portuguese - Introduction to Portuguese language
support
This reference page describes the coded character set
(codeset), locale, device, and other support for the Portuguese
language.
Codesets [Toc] [Back]
The operating system supports the following codesets for
Portuguese 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, cp860, 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.
Portuguese Locales [Toc] [Back]
The operating system provides the following Portuguese
locales: pt_PT.ISO8859-1, pt_PT.ISO8859-15, and
pt_PT.UTF-8 for Portugal
The pt_PT.ISO8859-15 and pt_PT.UTF-8 locales use the euro
symbol for currency. Because the pt_PT.ISO8859-1 locale
repertoire does not contain the euro symbol, it continues
to use the escudo 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 Portuguese characters printed on
the keys:
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VT Style (105/108 keys) PC Style (102 keys)
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LK411-AV LK471-AV
LK412-AV LK47W-AV
LK461-AV LK97W-AV
LK46W-AV PCXAL-AV
PCXAL-FV
PCXAL-GV
PCXAL-KV
PCXAL-NV
PCCAL-NV
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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
Portuguese-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-AV lk411 LK471-AV lk471av or lk471
LK412-AV lk411 LK47W-AV lk471av or lk471
LK461-AV lk461 LK97W-AV lk97wav or lk97w
LK46W-AV lk461 PCXAL-AV pcxalav
PCXAL-FV pcxalfv
PCXAL-GV pcxalgv
PCXAL-KV pcxalkv
PCXAL-NV pcxal
PCCAL-NV pcxal
---------------------------------------------------------
Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format:
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For VT Style For PC Style
Keyboard: Select: Keyboard: Select:
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LK411-AV portuguese lk411av LK471-AV portuguese pcxalgv
LK412-AV portuguese lk411av LK47W-AV portuguese pcxalgv
LK461-AV portuguese lk411av PCXAL-AV portuguese pcxalgv
LK46W-AV portuguese lk411av PCXAL-FV portuguese pcxalgv
PCXAL-GV portuguese pcxalgv
PCXAL-KV portuguese pcxalkv
PCXAL-NV portuguese pcxalgv
PCCAL-NV portuguese pcxalgv
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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.
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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