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Hebrew(5)


NAME

  Hebrew, hebrew - Introduction to Hebrew language support


DESCRIPTION

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

  Codesets

  The operating system supports the following coded character sets (codesets)
  for Hebrew by means of locales, codeset converters, or both:

    ·  ISO 8859-8 (ISO Latin/Hebrew)

       ISO8859-8 is the string that represents this codeset in the names of
       locales and codeset converters. See iso8859-1(5) for more information.

    ·  UTF-16, UCS-4, and UTF-8

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

    ·  PC code pages

       cp862 and cp1255 are the strings that represent these encoding formats
       in the names of codeset converters.  See code_page(5) for more
       information.

  See iso8859-8(5) for information on the ISO Latin/Hebrew codeset. See
  i18n_intro(5) and l10n_intro(5) for introductory information on codesets.

  Locales

  The operating system provides the following Hebrew locale:

    ·  he_IL.ISO8859-8, for Israel

       This locale is also available under the name he_IL.ISO8859-8@ucs4 for
       use by applications that need to convert file data in ISO8859-8 format
       to UCS-4 process code for special operations on characters.

       For backward compatibility, iw_IL.ISO8859-8 is supported as an alias
       for he_IL.ISO8859-8.

  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 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
  with Hebrew characters printed on the keys:

  _____________________________________________
  VT-Style (105/108 keys)   PC-Style (102 keys)
  _____________________________________________
  LK411-LT		    LK471-AT
  LK433-LT		    LK97W-AT
			    PCXAL-KT
  _____________________________________________

  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 Hebrew-specific information
  that you need when loading keymaps.

  Selecting keymaps in xkb format:

  ________________________________________________________
  For VT-Style		   For PC-Style
  Keyboard:	 Select:   Keyboard:	  Select:
  ________________________________________________________
  LK411-LT	 lk411	   LK471-AT	  lk471at or lk471
  LK433-LT	 lk433	   LK97W-AT	  lk97wat or lk97w
			   PCXAL-KT	  pcxalkt
			   PCXAL-AT	  pcxalat
			   PCXAL-GT	  pcxalgt
  ________________________________________________________

  Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format:

  _____________________________
  For PC-Style
  Keyboard:	 Select:
  _____________________________
  PCXAL-GT	 hebrew pcxalgt
  PCXAL-KT	 hebrew pcxalkt
  _____________________________

  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

  The fonts available for languages supported by the ISO 8859-8 codeset are
  listed in iso8859-8(5). 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),
  iso8859-8(5), keyboard(5), l10n_intro(5), Unicode(5)

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