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Danish(5)


NAME

  Danish, danish - Introduction to Danish language support


DESCRIPTION

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

  Codesets

  The operating system supports the following codesets for Danish 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 or codeset converters. See Unicode(5)
       for more information.

    ·  PC code pages

       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.

  Danish Locales

  The operating system provides the following Danish locales:

    ·  da_DK.ISO8859-1, da_DK.ISO8859-15, and da_DK.UTF-8 for Denmark

  Only the .ISO8859-15 and .UTF-8 locales support the euro character.

  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 by using the operating system command line.

  For the Common Desktop Environment (CDE), you set locale by setting the
  session language. To do this, use the Language menu accessed from the
  Options button on the Login window.

  Keyboards

  The operating system supports the following VT style and PC style keyboards
  with Danish characters printed on the keys:

  _____________________________________________
  VT Style (105/108 keys)   PC Style (102 keys)
  _____________________________________________
  LK411-AD		    LK471-AD
  LK412-AD		    LK47W-AD
  LK450-AD		    LK97W-AD
  LK451-AD		    PCXAL-AD
  LK461-AD		    PCXAL-FD
  LK46W-AD		    PCXAL-GD
			    PCXAL-KD
			    PCXAL-ND
			    PCCAL-ND
  _____________________________________________

  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 Danish-specific information that you need when loading keymaps.

  Selecting keymaps in xkb format:

  ________________________________________________________
  For VT Style		   For PC Style
  Keyboard:	 Select:   Keyboard:	  Select:
  ________________________________________________________
  LK411-AD	 lk411	   LK471-AD	  lk471ad or lk471
  LK412-AD	 lk411	   LK47W-AD	  lk471ad or lk471
  LK450-AD	 lk450	   LK97W-AD	  lk97wad or lk97w
  LK451-AD	 lk450	   PCXAL-AD	  pcxalad
  LK461-AD	 lk461	   PCXAL-FD	  pcxalfd
  LK46W-AD	 lk461	   PCXAL-GD	  pcxalgd
			   PCXAL-KD	  pcxalkd
			   PCXAL-ND	  pcxal
			   PCCAL-ND	  pcxal
  ________________________________________________________

  Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format:

  _____________________________________________________________
  For VT Style			  For PC Style
  Keyboard:	 Select:	  Keyboard:	 Select:
  _____________________________________________________________
  LK411-AD	 danish lk411ad	  LK471-AD	 danish pcxalgd
  LK412-AD	 danish lk411ad	  LK47W-AD	 danish pcxalgd
  LK450-AD	 danish lk411ad	  PCXAL-AD	 danish pcxalgd
  LK451-AD	 danish lk411ad	  PCXAL-FD	 danish pcxalgd
  LK461-AD	 danish lk411ad	  PCXAL-GD	 danish pcxalgd
  LK46W-AD	 danish lk411ad	  PCXAL-KD	 danish pcxalkd
				  PCXAL-ND	 danish pcxalgd
				  PCCAL-ND	 danish pcxalgd
  _____________________________________________________________

  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 i18n_printing(5) for more information about printer
  setup options.


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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