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Swedish(5)


NAME

  Swedish, swedish - Introduction to Swedish language support


DESCRIPTION

  This reference page describes the coded character set (codeset), locale,
  device, and other kinds of support for the Swedish language.

  Codesets

  The operating system supports the following codesets for Swedish 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.

    ·  ISO 8859-15 (ISO Latin-9)

       ISO8859-15 is the string that represents this codeset in the names of
       locales and codeset converters. See iso8859-15(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

       cp437, cp850, cp865, 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 introductory
  information on codesets. The iconv_intro(5) reference page discusses
  codeset converters and how to use them.

  Locales

  The operating system supports the following Swedish locales:

    ·  sv_SE.ISO8859-1, sv_SE.ISO8859-15, and sv_SE.UTF-8, for Sweden

  The sv_SE.ISO8859-15 and sv_SE.UTF-8 locales use the euro symbol for
  currency. Because the sv_SE.ISO8859-1 locale repertoire does not contain
  the euro symbol, it continues to use the traditional Swedish currency
  symbol.

  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
  locale from the operating system command line.

  In the Common Desktop Environment (CDE), you 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 Swedish characters printed on the keys:

  _____________________________________________
  VT Style (105/108 keys)   PC Style (102 keys)
  _____________________________________________
  LK411-AM		    LK471-AF
  LK450-AM		    LK47W-AF
  LK451-AM		    LK97W-AF
  LK461-AM		    PCXAL-AM
  LK46W-AM		    PCXAL-CA
			    PCXAL-JA
			    PCXAL-MA
  _____________________________________________

  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 the
  keyboard(5) reference page for general information on keymaps and
  instructions for loading them in different formats. The following tables
  supply Swedish-specific information that you need when loading keymaps.

  Selecting keymaps in xkb format:

  ________________________________________________________
  For VT Style		   For PC Style
  Keyboard:	 Select:   Keyboard:	  Select:
  ________________________________________________________
  LK411-AM	 lk411	   LK471-AF	  lk471af or lk471
  LK450-AM	 lk450	   LK47W-AF	  lk471af or lk471
  LK451-AM	 lk450	   LK97W-AF	  lk97waf or lk97w
  LK461-AM	 lk461	   PCXAL-AM	  pcxalja
  LK46W-AM	 lk461	   PCXAL-CA	  pcxalca
			   PCXAL-JA	  pcxalja
			   PCXAL-MA	  pcxalma
  ________________________________________________________

  Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format:

  _______________________________________________________________
  For VT Style			   For PC Style
  Keyboard:	 Select:	   Keyboard:	  Select:
  _______________________________________________________________
  LK411-AM	 swedish lk411am   LK471-AF	  swedish pcxalja
  LK450-AM	 swedish lk411am   LK47W-AF	  swedish pcxalja
  LK451-AM	 swedish lk411am   PCXAL-AM	  swedish pcxalja
  LK461-AM	 swedish lk411am   PCXAL-CA	  swedish pcxalja
  LK46W-AM	 swedish lk411am   PCXAL-JA	  swedish pcxalja
				   PCXAL-MA	  swedish pcxalja
  _______________________________________________________________

  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 ALSO

  Commands: locale(1)

  Others: code_page(5), euro(5), i18n_intro(5), i18n_printing(5),
  iconv_intro(5), iso8859-1(5), iso8859-15(5), keyboard(5), l10n_intro(5),
  Unicode(5)

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