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Spanish(5) File Formats Manual Spanish(5) NAME Spanish, spanish - Introduction to Spanish language support DESCRIPTION This reference page describes the codeset, locale, device, and other kinds of support for the Spanish language. Codesets The operating system supports the following coded character sets (code- sets) for Spanish 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 the iso8859-1(5) reference page. 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 the Unicode(5) reference page for more information. PC code pages cp437, cp850, and cp1250 are the strings that represent these codesets in the names of codeset converters. See the code_page(5) reference page 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 supports the following Spanish locales: es_ES.ISO8859-1 and es_ES.UTF-8, for Spain Of these locales, only es_ES.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 Spanish characters printed on the keys: l l. _ VT Style (105/108 keys) PC Style (102 keys) _ LK201-LS LK442-PR LK401-AS LK442-PS LK411-AS LK444-AR LK450-AS LK444-AS LK461-AS LK471-AR LK46W-AS LK471-AS LK47W-AS LK97W-AR LK97W-AS PCXAL-AS PCXAL-FS PCXAL-GS PCXAL-KS _ 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 Spanish-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-LS lk201 LK442-PR lk442 or lk44x LK401-AS lk401 LK442-PS lk442 or lk44x LK411-AS lk411 LK444-AR lk444 or lk44x LK450-AS lk450 LK444-AS lk444 or lk44x LK451-AS lk450 LK471-AR lk471ar LK461-AS lk461 LK471-AS lk471as or lk471 LK46W- AS lk461 LK47W-AS lk471as or lk471 LK97W-AR lk97war LK97W-AS lk97was or lk97w PCXAL-AS pcxalas PCXAL-FS pcxalfs PCXAL-GS pcxalgs PCXAL-KS pcxalks _ Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format: l l l l. _ For VT Style For PC Style Keyboard: Select: Key- board: Select: _ LK201-LS spanish lk201ls dp LK442-PR spanish lk444ks spanish lk201ls tw LK442-PS spanish lk444ks LK401-AS spanish lk401as dp LK444-AR spanish lk444ks spanish lk401as tw LK444-AS spanish lk444ks LK411-AS spanish lk411as LK471-AS spanish pcxalgs LK450-AS spanish lk411as LK47W-AS spanish pcxalgs LK451-AS spanish lk411as PCXAL-AS spanish pcxalgs LK461-AS spanish lk411as PCXAL-FS spanish pcxalgs LK46W-AS spanish lk411as PCXAL-GS spanish pcxalgs PCXAL-KS spanish pcx- algs _ 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 the i18n_printing(5) reference page for a general discussion of your printing 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 Spanish(5)