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Italian(5)
NAME
  Italian, italian - Introduction to Italian language support

DESCRIPTION
  This reference page describes the codeset, locale, device, and other kinds
  of support for the Italian language.

  Codesets

  The operating system supports the following coded character sets (codesets)
  for Italian 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 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.

  Locales

  The operating system supports the following Italian locales:

    ·  it_IT.ISO8859-1, it_IT.ISO8859-15, and it_IT.UTF-8 for Italy

  The it_IT.ISO8859-15 and it_IT.UTF-8 locales use the euro symbol for
  currency. Because the it_IT.ISO8859-1 locale repertoire does not contain
  the euro symbol, it continues to use the lire 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 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 Italian characters printed on the keys:

  _____________________________________________
  VT Style (105/108 keys)   PC Style (102 keys)
  _____________________________________________
  LK411-AI		    LK471-AI
  LK450-AI		    LK47W-AI
  LK451-AI		    LK97W-AI
  LK461-AI		    PCXAL-AI
  LK46W-AI		    PCXAL-FI
			    PCXAL-GI
			    PCXAL-KI
  _____________________________________________

  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 Italian-specific
  information that you need when loading keymaps.

  Selecting keymaps in xkb format:

  ________________________________________________________
  For VT Style		   For PC Style
  Keyboard:	 Select:   Keyboard:	  Select:
  ________________________________________________________
  LK411-AI	 lk411	   LK471-AI	  lk471ai or lk471
  LK450-AI	 lk450	   LK47W-AI	  lk471ai or lk471
  LK451-AI	 lk450	   LK97W-AI	  lk97wai or lk97w
  LK461-AI	 lk461	   PCXAL-AI	  pcxalai
  LK46W-AI	 lk461	   PCXAL-FI	  pcxalfi
			   PCXAL-GI	  pcxalgi
			   PCXAL-KI	  pcxalki
  ________________________________________________________

  Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format:

  _______________________________________________________________
  For VT Style			   For PC Style
  Keyboard:	 Select:	   Keyboard:	  Select:
  _______________________________________________________________
  LK411-AI	 italian lk411ai   LK471-AI	  italian pcxalgi
  LK450-AI	 italian lk411ai   LK47W-AI	  italian pcxalgi
  LK451-AI	 italian lk411ai   PCXAL-AI	  italian pcxalgi
  LK461-AI	 italian lk411ai   PCXAL-FI	  italian pcxalgi
  LK46W-AI	 italian lk411ai   PCXAL-GI	  italian pcxalgi
				   PCXAL-KI	  italian pcxalgi
  _______________________________________________________________

  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 i18n_printing(5) for a general discussion of printer
  support 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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