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French(5) File Formats Manual French(5) NAME French, french - Introduction to French language support DESCRIPTION This reference page describes the coded character set (codeset), lo- cale, device, and other support for the French language. Codesets The operating system supports the following codesets for French 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. UCS-2, UCS-4, and UTF-8 UCS-2, UCS-4, ucs4, and UTF-8 are the strings that represent these encoding formats in the names of locales and codeset con- verters. See Unicode(5) for more information. PC code-page for- mats cp437, cp850, cp863, and cp1252 are the strings that represent these encoding formats in the names of locales and codeset con- verters. See code_page(5) for more information. See the i18n_intro(5) and l10n_intro(5) reference pages for introduc- tory information on codesets. The iconv_intro(5) reference page dis- cusses codeset converters and how to use them. French Locales The operating system provides the following French locales for differ- ent countries: fr_BE.ISO8859-1 and fr_BE.UTF-8 for Belgium fr_CA.ISO8859-1 for Canada fr_FR.ISO8859-1 and fr_FR.UTF-8 for France Of these locales, only the locales support the Euro currency sign. You can use the locale command (see locale(1)) to find out if these lo- cales are installed on your system. See i18n_intro(5) for information on setting locale. In a windows environment, you also need to set the session language. The way you do this depends on which windows environment you are using: In the Common Desktop environment (CDE), use the Language menu accessed from the login window Options button. In the DECwindows environment, use the Language Option dialog box invoked from the Session Manager's Options menu. Keyboards The operating system supports the following VT style and PC style key- boards with French characters printed on the keys: l l. _ VT Style (105/108 keys) PC Style (102 keys) _ LK201-LP LK442-PP LK401-AP LK444-AP LK411-AP LK471-AP LK450-AP LK47W-AP LK451-AP LK97W-AP LK461-AP PCXAL-AP LK46W- AP PCXAL-FP PCXAL-GP PCXAL-KP _ For your keyboard to function correctly with your system, you must load a keyboard mapping table (keymap) that is appropriate for your key- board's model and language. If you load a keymap that does not corre- spond 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 French-specific information that you need when loading keymaps. Selecting keymaps in xkb format: l l l l. _ For VT Style For PC Style Keyboard: Select: Key- board: Select: _ LK201-LP lk201 LK442-PP lk442 or lk44x LK401-AP lk401 LK444-AP lk444 or lk44x LK411-AP lk411 LK471-AP lk471ap or lk471 LK450-AP lk450 LK47W-AP lk471ap or lk471 LK451-AP lk450 LK97W-AP lk97wap or lk97w LK461-AP lk461 PCXAL-AP pcxalap LK46W-AP lk461 PCXAL- FP pcxalfp PCXAL-GP pcxalgp PCXAL-KP pcxalkp _ Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format: l lw(2.1i) l l. _ For VT Style For PC Style Keyboard: Se- lect: Keyboard: Select: _ LK201-LP T{ belgian french lk201lp dp T} LK442-PP french lk444kp T{ belgian french lk201lp tw T} LK444-AP french lk444kp LK401-AP T{ belgian french lk401ap dp T} LK471-AP french pcxalgp T{ belgian french lk401ap tw T} LK47W-AP french pcxalgp LK411-AP french lk411ap PCXAL-AP french pcxalgp LK450-AP french lk411ap PCXAL-FP french pcxalgp LK451-AP french lk411ap PCXAL-GP french pcxalgp LK461-AP french lk411ap PCXAL-KP french pcxalgp LK46W-AP french lk411ap _ 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. Refer to the keyboard(5) reference page for information on how to enter characters. Printers PostScript fonts for languages supported by the ISO 8859-1 codeset must be printer resident, which is the case for all PostScript printers. SEE ALSO Commands:locale(1), lp(1) Others: code_page(5), i18n_intro(5), i18n_printing(5), iconv_intro(5), iso8859-1(5), keyboard(5), l10n_intro(5), Unicode(5) Writing Software for the International Market French(5)