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Dutch(5)


NAME

  Dutch, dutch, Flemish, flemish - Introduction to Dutch and Flemish language
  support


DESCRIPTION

  This reference page describes the coded character set (codeset), locale,
  device, and other support for the Dutch or Flemish language.

  Codesets

  The operating system supports the following codesets for Dutch or Flemish
  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, and cp1252 are the strings that represent these encoding
       formats in the names of codeset converters. See code_page(5) for more
       information.

  See i18n_intro(5) and l10n_intro(5) for introductory information on
  codesets.

  Dutch Locales

  The operating system provides the following Dutch/Flemish locales for
  different countries:

    ·  nl_BE.ISO8859-1, nl_BE.ISO8859-15, and nl_BE.UTF-8 for Belgium

    ·  nl_NL.ISO8859-1, nl_NL.ISO8859-15, and nl_NL.UTF-8 for the Netherlands

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

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

  You can use the locale command (see locale(1)) to find out if these 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 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 Dutch characters printed on the keys:

  _____________________________________________
  VT Style (105/108 keys)   PC Style (102 keys)
  _____________________________________________
  LK411-AH		    LK471-AH
  LK412-AH		    LK47W-AH
  LK450-AH		    LK97W-AH
  LK451-AH		    PCXAL-GH
  LK461-AH		    PCXAL-KH
  LK46W-AH		    PCXAL-NH
			    PCCAL-NH
  _____________________________________________

  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 Dutch-specific information that you need when loading keymaps.

  Selecting keymaps in xkb format:

  ________________________________________________________
  For VT Style		   For PC Style
  Keyboard:	 Select:   Keyboard:	  Select:
  ________________________________________________________
  LK411-AH	 lk411	   LK471-AH	  lk471ah or lk471
  LK412-AH	 lk411	   LK47W-AH	  lk471ah or lk471
  LK450-AH	 lk450	   LK97W-AH	  lk97wah or lk97w
  LK451-AH	 lk450	   PCXAL-RH	  pcxalrh
  LK461-AH	 lk461	   PCXAL-GH	  pcxalgh
  LK46W-AH	 lk461	   PCXAL-KH	  pcxal
			   PCXAL-NH	  pcxal
			   PCCAL-NH	  pcxal
  ________________________________________________________

  Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format:

  ___________________________________________________________
  For VT Style			 For PC Style
  Keyboard:	 Select:	 Keyboard:	Select:
  ___________________________________________________________
  LK411-AH	 dutch lk411ah	 LK471-AH	dutch pcxalgh
  LK412-AH	 dutch lk411ah	 LK47W-AH	dutch pcxalgh
  LK450-AH	 dutch lk411ah	 PCXAL-RH	dutch pcxalgh
  LK451-AH	 dutch lk411ah	 PCXAL-GH	dutch pcxalgh
  LK461-AH	 dutch lk411ah	 PCXAL-KH	dutch pcxalgh
  LK46W-AF	 dutch lk411ah	 PCXAL-NH	dutch pcxalgh
				 PCCAL-NH	dutch pcxalgh
  ___________________________________________________________

  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

  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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