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Italian(5) File Formats Manual Italian(5) NAME Italian, italian - Introduction to Italian language support DESCRIPTION This reference page describes the codeset, locale, device, and other kinds of support for the Italian language. Codesets The operating system supports the following coded character sets (code- sets) for Italian 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 the 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 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) discusses codeset con- verters and how to use them. Locales The operating system supports the following Italian locales: it_IT.ISO8859-1 and it_IT.UTF-8, for Italy Of these locales, only it_IT.UTF-8 supports the Euro currency 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 Italian characters printed on the keys: l l. _ VT Style (105/108 keys) PC Style (102 keys) _ LK201-LI LK442-PI LK401-AI LK444-AI LK411-AI LK471-AI LK450-AI LK47W-AI LK451-AI LK97W-AI LK461-AI PCXAL-AI LK46W- AI PCXAL-FI PCXAL-GI PCXAL-KI _ 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 Italian-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-LI lk201 LK442-PI lk442 or lk44x LK401-AI lk401 LK444-AI lk444 or lk44x LK411-AI lk411 LK471-AI lk471ai or lk471 LK450-AI lk450 LK47W-AI lk471ai or lk471 LK451-AI lk450 LK97W-AI lk97wai or lk97w LK461-AI lk461 PCXAL-AI pcxalai LK46W-AI lk461 PCXAL- FI pcxalfi PCXAL-GI pcxalgi PCXAL-KI pcxalki _ Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format: l l l l. _ For VT Style For PC Style Keyboard: Select: Key- board: Select: _ LK201-LI italian lk201li dp LK442-PI italian lk444ki italian lk201li tw LK444-AI italian lk444ki LK401-AI italian lk401ai dp LK471-AI italian pcxalgi italian lk401ai tw LK47W-AI italian pcxalgi LK411-AI italian lk411ai PCXAL-AI italian pcxalgi LK450-AI italian lk411ai PCXAL-FI italian pcxalgi LK451-AI italian lk411ai PCXAL-GI italian pcxalgi LK461-AI italian lk411ai PCXAL-KI italian pcxalgi LK46W-AI italian lk411ai _ 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 general 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 Italian(5)