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Portuguese(5) File Formats Manual Portuguese(5) NAME Portuguese, portuguese - Introduction to Portuguese language support DESCRIPTION This reference page describes the coded character set (codeset), lo- cale, device, and other support for the Portuguese language. Codesets 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. 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, 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 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. Portuguese Locales The operating system provides the following Portuguese locales: pt_PT.ISO8859-1 and pt_PT.UTF-8 for Portugal Of these locales, only pt_PT.UTF-8 supports the Euro monetary sign. 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 set- ting 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 Portuguese characters printed on the keys: l l. _ VT Style (105/108 keys) PC Style (102 keys) _ LK201-AV LK442-PV LK201-LV LK444-AV LK401-AV LK471-AV LK402-AV LK47W-AV LK411-AV LK97W-AV LK412-AV PCXAL-AV LK461-AV PCXAL-FV LK46W-AV PCXAL-GV PCXAL-KV PCXAL-NV PCCAL-NV _ 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 Portuguese-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-AV lk201 LK442-PV lk442 or lk44x LK201-LV lk201 LK444-AV lk444 or lk44x LK401-AV lk401 LK471-AV lk471av or lk471 LK402-AV lk401 LK47W-AV lk471av or lk471 LK411-AV lk411 LK97W-AV lk97wav or lk97w LK412-AV lk411 PCXAL-AV pcxalav LK461-AV lk461 PCXAL- FV pcxalfv LK46W-AV lk461 PCXAL-GV pcxalgv PCXAL- KV pcxalkv PCXAL-NV pcxal PCCAL-NV pcxal _ Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format: l l l l. _ For VT Style For PC Style Keyboard: Select: Key- board: Select: _ LK201-AV portuguese lk201lv LK442-PV portuguese lk444kv LK201-LV portuguese lk201lv LK444-AV portuguese lk444kv LK401-AV portuguese lk401av LK471-AV portuguese pcxalgv LK402-AV portuguese lk401av LK47W-AV portuguese pcxalgv LK411-AV portuguese lk411av PCXAL-AV portuguese pcxalgv LK412-AV portuguese lk411av PCXAL-FV portuguese pcxalgv LK461-AV portuguese lk411av PCXAL-GV portuguese pcxalgv LK46W- AV portuguese lk411av PCXAL-KV portuguese pcxalkv PCXAL- NV portuguese pcxalgv PCCAL-NV portuguese pcxalgv _ 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. 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 Portuguese(5)