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German(5) File Formats Manual German(5) NAME German, german - Introduction to German language support DESCRIPTION This reference page describes the coded character set (codeset), lo- cale, device, and other kinds of support for the German language. Codesets 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. UCS-2, UCS-4, and UTF-8 UCS-2, UCS-4, and UTF-8 are the strings that represent these en- coding 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 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. Locales The operating system provides the following German locales for differ- ent countries: de_CH.ISO8859-1 and de_CH.UTF-8, for Switzerland de_DE.ISO8859-1 and de_DE.UTF-8, for Germany Only the locales support the Euro monetary sign. You can use the locale command (see locale(1)) to find out which 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 German characters printed on the keys: l l. _ VT Style (105/108 keys) PC Style (102 keys) _ LK201-LG LK442-PG LK201-NG LK444-AG LK401-AG LK471-AG LK411-AG LK47W-AG LK450-AG LK97W-AG LK451-AG PCXAL-AG LK461-AG PCXAL-FG LK46W-AG PCXAL-GG PCXAL-KG PCXAL-TT _ 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 German-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-LG lk201 LK442-PG lk442 or lk44x LK201-NG lk201 LK444-AG lk444 or lk44x LK401-AG lk401 LK471-AG lk471ag or lk471 LK411-AG lk411 LK47W-AG lk471ag or lk471 LK450-AG lk450 LK97W-AG lk97wag or lk97w LK451-AG lk450 PCXAL-AG pcxalag LK461-AG lk461 PCXAL- FG pcxalfg LK46W-AG lk461 PCXAL-GG pcxalgg PCXAL- KG pcxalkg PCXAL-TT pcxaltt _ Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format: l l l lw(1.5i). _ For VT Style For PC Style Keyboard: Se- lect: Keyboard: Select: _ LK201-LG austrian german lk201lg dp LK442-PG T{ austrian german lk444kg T} austrian german lk201lg tw LK444-AG T{ austrian german lk444kg T} LK201-NG aus- trian german lk201ng dp LK471-AG T{ austrian german pcxalgg T} austrian german lk201ng tw LK47W-AG T{ austrian german pcxalgg T} LK401-AG austrian german lk401ag PCXAL-AG T{ austrian german pcx- algg T} LK411-AG austrian german lk411ag PCXAL-FG T{ austrian german pcxalgg T} LK450-AG austrian german lk411ag PCXAL-GG T{ austrian german pcxalgg T} LK451-AG austrian german lk411ag PCXAL-KG T{ aus- trian german pcxalgg T} LK461-AG austrian german lk411ag PCXAL-TT T{ austrian german pcxalgg T} LK46W-AG austrian german lk411ag _ 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 are printer resident. See i18n_printing(5) for a discussion of printer support options. SEE ALSO Commands: locale(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 German(5)