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Greek(5)
NAME
  Greek, greek - Introduction to Greek language support

DESCRIPTION
  This reference page describes the codeset, locale, device, and other kinds
  of support for the Greek language.

  Codesets

  The operating system supports the following coded character sets (codesets)
  for Greek:

    ·  ISO 8859-7 (ISO Latin/Greek)

       ISO8859-7 is the string that represents this codeset in the names of
       locales and codeset converters. See iso8859-7(5) for information on
       the ISO Latin/Greek codeset.

    ·  PC code-page formats (supported through codeset converters only)

       cp737, cp869, and cp1253 are the strings that represent these encoding
       formats in the names of codeset converters. See code_page(5) for
       information on PC code pages.

    ·  UTF-16, UCS-4, and UTF-8 encoding formats (file data supported through
       codeset converters only)

       UTF-16, UCS-4, and UTF-8 are the strings that represent these encoding
       formats in the names of codeset converters. See Unicode(5) for
       information on these encoding formats.

  See i18n_intro(5) and l10n_intro(5) for introductory information on
  codesets. See iconv_intro(5) for a discussion of codeset converters and how
  to use them.

  Locales

  The operating system provides the following Greek locales:

    ·  el_GR.ISO8859-7

       This locale is also available under the name el_GR.ISO8859-7@ucs4 for
       applications that need to convert data between ISO8859-7 file format
       and UCS-4 process code for character classification operations.

    ·  el_GR.UTF-8

       UTF-8 locales support file code and internal process code according to
       ISO 10646 and Unicode standards. File code, in UTF-8 locales, may
       include characters encoded in more than 1 byte; therefore, use these
       locales in applications that can process multibyte data.

  The el_GR.UTF-8 locale uses the euro symbol for currency.  Because the
  el_GR.ISO8859-7 locale repertoire does not contain the euro symbol, it
  continues to use the drachma currency symbol.	 See euro(5).

  You can use the locale command (see locale(1)) to find out if this locale
  is installed on your system. See i18n_intro(5) for information on setting a
  locale from the operating system command line.

  In the Common Desktop Environment (CDE), you need to set a locale by
  setting the session language. To do this, from the Options menu of the
  Login window, choose Language. Then, from the Language options menu, choose
  a session language.

  Keyboards

  The operating system supports the following VT-style and PC-style keyboards
  for Greek:

  _____________________________________________
  VT-Style (105/108 keys)   PC-Style (102 keys)
  _____________________________________________
  LK411			    LK471-BH
  LK461			    LK97W-BH
  Greek LK471		    PCXAL-HH
			    PCXAL-LH
  _____________________________________________

  For your keyboard to function correctly with your system, you must load a
  keyboard mapping table (keymap) that is appropriate for your keyboard's
  model and language. If you load a keymap that does not correspond 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 keyboard(5)
  for general information on keymaps and instructions for loading them in
  different formats.  The following tables supply Greek-specific information
  that you need when loading keymaps.

  Selecting keymaps in xkb format:

  ________________________________________________________
  For VT-Style		   For PC-Style
  Keyboard:	 Select:   Keyboard:	  Select:
  ________________________________________________________
  LK411		 lk411	   LK471-BH	  lk471bh or lk471
  LK461		 lk461	   LK97W-BH	  lk97wbh or lk97w
			   PCXAL-HH	  pcxalhh
			   PCXAL-LH	  pcxallh
  ________________________________________________________

  Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format:

  ____________________________
  For PC-Style
  Keyboard:	 Select:
  ____________________________
  PCXAL-HH	 greek pcxalhh
  PCXAL-LH	 greek pcxallh
  ____________________________

  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. See keyboard(5) for information on how to enter characters.

  Printers

  For information on setting up and configuring printers for non-English
  text, see i18n_printing(5).

  PostScript fonts available for languages supported by the ISO 8859-7
  codeset are listed in iso8859-7(5).

SEE ALSO
  Commands: locale(1)

  Others: code_page(5), i18n_intro(5), i18n_printing(5), iconv_intro(5),
  iso8859-7(5), keyboard(5), l10n_intro(5), Unicode(5)

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