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French(5)
NAME
French, french - Introduction to French language support
DESCRIPTION
This reference page describes the coded character set (codeset), locale,
device, and other support for the French language.
Codesets
The operating system supports the following codesets for French 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-page formats
cp437, cp850, cp863, and cp1252 are the strings that represent these
encoding formats in the names of locales and codeset converters. See
code_page(5) for more information.
See i18n_intro(5) and l10n_intro(5) for introductory information on
codesets. See iconv_intro(5) for information on codeset converters and how
to use them.
French Locales
The operating system provides the following French locales for different
countries:
· fr_BE.ISO8859-1, fr_BE.ISO8859-15, and fr_BE.UTF-8 for Belgium
· fr_CA.ISO8859-1, fr_CA.ISO8859-15, and fr_CA.UTF-8 for Canada
· fr_CH.ISO8859-1, fr_CH.ISO8859-15, and fr_CH.UTF-8 for Switzerland
· fr_FR.ISO8859-1, fr_FR.ISO8859-15, and fr_FR.UTF-8 for France
Of these locales, only the .ISO8859-15 and .UTF-8 locales support the euro
currency sign. In particular, the fr_BE.ISO8859-15, fr_BE.UTF-8,
fr_FR.ISO8859-15, and fr_FR.UTF-8 locales use the euro symbol for currency.
However, because the .ISO8859-1 locale repertoire does not contain the euro
symbol, fr_BE.ISO8859-1 and fr_FR.ISO8859-1 continue to use the franc
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 French characters printed on the keys:
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VT Style (105/108 keys) PC Style (102 keys)
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LK411-AP LK471-AP
LK450-AP LK47W-AP
LK451-AP LK97W-AP
LK461-AP PCXAL-AP
LK46W-AP PCXAL-FP
PCXAL-GP
PCXAL-KP
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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 French-specific information
that you need when loading keymaps.
Selecting keymaps in xkb format:
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For VT Style For PC Style
Keyboard: Select: Keyboard: Select:
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LK411-AP lk411 LK471-AP lk471ap or lk471
LK450-AP lk450 LK47W-AP lk471ap or lk471
LK451-AP lk450 LK97W-AP lk97wap or lk97w
LK461-AP lk461 PCXAL-AP pcxalap
LK46W-AP lk461 PCXAL-FP pcxalfp
PCXAL-GP pcxalgp
PCXAL-KP pcxalkp
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Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format:
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For VT Style For PC Style
Keyboard: Select: Keyboard: Select:
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LK411-AP french lk411ap LK471-AP french pcxalgp
LK450-AP french lk411ap LK47W-AP french pcxalgp
LK451-AP french lk411ap PCXAL-AP french pcxalgp
LK461-AP french lk411ap PCXAL-FP french pcxalgp
LK46W-AP french lk411ap PCXAL-GP french pcxalgp
PCXAL-KP french pcxalgp
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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), lp(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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