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Finnish(5)


NAME

  Finnish, finnish - Introduction to Finnish language support


DESCRIPTION

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

  Codesets

  The operating system supports the following codesets for Finnish 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

       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 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.

  Finnish Locales

  The operating system provides the following Finnish locales:

    ·  fi_FI.ISO8859-1, fi_FI.ISO8859-15, and fi_FI.UTF-8 for Finland

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

  You can use the locale command (see locale(1)) to find out if this locale
  is 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 Finnish characters printed on the keys:

  _____________________________________________
  VT Style (105/108 keys)   PC Style (102 keys)
  _____________________________________________
  LK411-AF		    LK471-AF
  LK412-AF		    LK47W-AF
  LK450-AF		    LK97W-AF
  LK451-AF		    PCXAL-CA
  LK461-AF		    PCXAL-JA
  LK46W-AF
  _____________________________________________

  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 Finnish-specific
  information that you need when loading keymaps.

  Selecting keymaps in xkb format:

  ________________________________________________________
  For VT Style		   For PC Style
  Keyboard:	 Select:   Keyboard:	  Select:
  ________________________________________________________
  LK411-AF	 lk411	   LK471-AF	  lk471af or lk471
  LK412-AF	 lk411	   LK47W-AF	  lk471af or lk471
  LK450-AF	 lk450	   LK97W-AF	  lk97waf or lk97w
  LK451-AF	 lk450	   PCXAL-CA	  pcxalca
  LK461-AF	 lk461	   PCXAL-JA	  pcxalja
  LK46W-AF	 lk461
  ________________________________________________________

  Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format:

  _______________________________________________________________
  For VT Style			   For PC Style
  Keyboard:	 Select:	   Keyboard:	  Select:
  _______________________________________________________________
  LK411-AF	 finnish lk411af   LK471-AF	  finnish pcxalja
  LK412-AF	 finnish lk411af   LK47W-AF	  finnish pcxalja
  LK450-AF	 finnish lk411af   PCXAL-CA	  finnish pcxalca
  LK451-AF	 finnish lk411af   PCXAL-JA	  finnish pcxalja
  LK461-AF	 finnish lk411af
  LK46W-AF	 finnish lk411af
  _______________________________________________________________

  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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