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Thai(5)
NAME
Thai, thai - Introduction to Thai language support
DESCRIPTION
TIS 620-2533 is the Thai national standard that defines a primary set of
graphic characters for information interchange. The operating system
supports this standard with coded character set (codeset), locale, device,
and other kinds of system files.
Codesets
The operating system supports the following codesets for Thai by means of
locales, codeset converters, or both.
TACTIS (Thai API Consortium/Thai National Standard)
The string that represents this codeset in names of locales and codeset
converters is TACTIS. See TACTIS(5) for more information.
UTF-16, UCS-4, and UTF-8
The strings that represent these encoding formats in the names of
locales and codeset converters are UTF-16, UCS-4, and UTF-8. See
Unicode(5) for more information.
PC code page
The string that represents this encoding format in the names of codeset
converters is cp874. See code_page(5) for more information.
Note
Character encoding in UTF-16, UCS-4, and UTF-8 formats is identical to
character encoding in the TACTIS codeset. Therefore, you can use data
converted from cp874 format to UTF-16, UCS-4, or UTF-8 when the locale
setting is th_TH.TACTIS.
See i18n_intro(5) and l10n_intro(5) for introductory information on
codesets. See iconv_intro(5) for a discussion of codeset converters and how
to use them.
Locales
The operating system supports the following Thai locales for Thailand:
· th_TH.TACTIS
Applications can use the th_TH.TACTIS@ucs4 variant of this locale if
they need to convert file data in TACTIS format to UCS-4 process code
to perform certain character-classification operations.
You can use the locale command (see locale(1)) to display the names of
locales installed on your system. See i18n_intro(5) for information on
setting a 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.
Input Devices, Servers, and Methods
The operating system supports one Thai terminal, the VT382-T.
The operating system supports the LK471, LK97W, and PCXAL keyboards for the
Thai language. Thai characters are printed on the keys of the following
models:
LK471-CB
LK97W-CB
PCXAL-T
There are several methods used to input Thai characters. The following list
briefly describes both Thai input methods and the way English characters
are entered on Thai keyboards:
· Thai Character Input
Non-graphic Thai characters and English characters map to the same set
of keys. When input mode is set to on, users can enter the Thai
characters. When input mode is set to off, users can enter English
characters.
· Hex Input
Thai characters are entered by typing their hexadecimal code values.
· Special Thai Character Input
Graphic characters defined in the TIS 620-2533 standard map to certain
keys on Thai keyboards and these characters are entered by pressing
those keys.
For the VT382-T terminal, Thai input mode is provided by terminal firmware.
In a Motif environment such as CDE, Thai input methods do not require an
input server to be running. However, if your system default keyboard is not
a Thai keyboard, you must load a Thai keymap before starting an application
window. See keyboard(5) for more information about setting and using
keyboards. The following tables supply Thai-specific information that you
need when loading keymaps.
Selecting keymaps in xkb format:
_______________________________
For PC-Style
Keyboard: Select:
_______________________________
LK471-CB lk471cb or lk471
LK97W-CB lk97wcb or lk97w
PCXAL-T pcxalt
PCXAL-WTT pcxalwtt
_______________________________
Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format:
____________________________
For PC-Style
Keyboard: Select:
____________________________
PCXAL-T thai pcxalt
PCXAL-WTT thai pcxalwtt
____________________________
The Thai VT terminal and Motif keymaps support locking-shift mode switching
to toggle between English and Thai character input. English characters can
be entered in the Mode Switch Off state and Thai characters in the Mode
Switch On state. Use one of the following key sequences to toggle the Mode
Switch state:
For the VT382-T terminal, press Compose
For PCXAL, LK471, and LK97W keyboards, press Right Ctrl
These keys are defaults; you can change them to be other keys.
Setting Up Screen Fonts for Motif Applications
X or Motif applications require non-ASCII fonts to display Thai characters.
The font path must be set appropriately before starting an application that
displays Thai characters. An application can find Thai fonts in either of
the following directories:
· /usr/i18n/lib/X11/fonts/decwin/75dpi, for low resolution display
· /usr/i18n/lib/X11/fonts/decwin/100dpi, for high resolution display
For applications running under CDE, users do not need to set the font path.
In other environments, you may need to use the following command to check
the font path:
% xset q
If one of the directories in the preceding list is not in the font path,
the following example shows how to add the directory. You can substitute
100dpi for 75dpi if you want high resolution display.
% xset +fp /usr/i18n/lib/X11/decwin/75dpi/
% xset fp rehash
Printers
The operating system supports the following Thai printer. The associated
print filter is noted in parentheses following the printer name.
Epson LQ1050+ (thailpof)
The Epson LQ1050+ is a 24-pin dot matrix printer.
For more information on setting up and configuring this printer and other,
generic, printers for Thai print jobs, see i18n_printing(5) and
lprsetup(8).
In the desktop publishing (DTP) environment for Thai, it is necessary to
implement above vowel and tonemark characters that are not defined in the
TIS 620-2555 standard set of graphic characters. These supplementary
characters provide the text morphing that appears in printed Thai text.
Currently, there is no standard way to implement text morphing. The rules
used by the generic PostScript print filter (wwpsof) that is supplied with
the operating system are proprietary; however, the wwpsof print filter
works with the Thai fonts that are supplied with the operating system. If
your site installs Thai fonts from third-party vendors, be sure to verify
printed output carefully before making the Thai printer queue generally
available.
To enable text morphing in printed output, specify the tm option on the -A
flag of the lpr command (see lpr(1)).
SEE ALSO
Commands: locale(1), lp(1), lpr(1), xset(1X), lpd(8), lprsetup(8)
Files: printcap(4)
Others: code_page(5), i18n_intro(5), i18n_printing(5), iconv_intro(5),
l10n_intro(5), TACTIS(5), Unicode(5), Wototo(5)
Writing Software for the International Market
Using International Software
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