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Korean(5)
NAME
Korean, korean - Introduction to Korean language support
DESCRIPTION
KS X 1001 is a Korean national standard that defines a set of graphic
characters to be used for information interchange. The operating system
supports this standard with coded character sets, locales, device, and
other kinds of system files. The former name for the Korean national
standard was KS C 5601. Under its old name, the standard was issued in
1982, 1987, and 1992.
The operating system currently supports the KS X 1001 standard as issued in
1992, but does not include the Johab subset of Hangul characters in the DEC
Korean and Korean EUC codesets that are discussed in this reference page.
The standard specifies that support for the Johab subset of Hangul
characters is optional.
Codesets
The operating system supports the following codesets for Korean by means of
locales, codeset converters, or both:
DEC Korean
The string deckorean represents this codeset in the names of locales
and codeset converters. See deckorean(5) for more information.
If Korean character mapping in an input file that you want to convert
to DEC Korean conforms to Version 1.1 of the Unicode standard, you must
preprocess the data by running the UNICODE-1-1-UCS-4_UCS-4 converter
before running the UCS-4_deckorean converter. If the character mapping
of an input file conforms to Version 2.0 of the Unicode standard, this
preprocessing step is not necessary.
If the output from the cp949_UTF-8 codeset converter is then converted
to DEC Korean, some Hangul characters may be lost. See code_page(5) for
more information.
Korean EUC (Extended UNIX Code)
The string eucKR represents this codeset in the names of locales and
codeset converters. See eucKR(5) for more information.
UCS-2, UCS-4, and UTF-8
The strings UCS-2, UCS-4, ucs4, and UTF-8 represent these encoding
formats in the names of locales or codeset converters. See Unicode(5)
for more information.
PC code page
The string cp949 represents this encoding format in the names of
codeset converters. See code_page(5) for more information.
ISO 2022-KR
The string ISO-2022-KR represents this encoding format in the names of
codeset converters. These are special-purpose converters used only by
certain mail applications.
See the i18n_intro(5) reference page for general information about
codesets. See the iconv_intro(5) reference page for a discussion of codeset
converters and how to use them.
Korean Locales
The following list specifies Korean locales for Korea and the codesets they
support:
ko_KR.deckorean, for DEC Korean
ko_KR.eucKR, for Korean EUC
The ko_KR.deckorean locale has a ko_KR.deckorean@ucs4 variant for use by
applications that need to convert DEC Korean to UCS-4 process code in order
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 locale.
In a windows environment, you also need to set the session language. The
way you do this depends on which windows environment you are using:
· In the Common Desktop environment (CDE), use the Language menu
accessed from the login window Options button.
· In the DECwindows environment, use the Language Option dialog box
invoked from the Session Manager's Options menu.
Keyboards, Input Servers, and Input Methods
The operating system supports the VT382-K Korean terminal.
The operating system supports the following Korean keyboards:
LK201-K
LK401-K
However, you can also use any standard English keyboard to enter Korean.
See the keyboard(5) reference page for information on loading keyboard
mapping tables (keymaps) for keyboards.
For the Motif environment, the operating system provides the dxhangulim
input server to support Korean input methods. You can start this input
server with the following command:
% /usr/bin/X11/dxhangulim &
The input server must be running before you start the application window
where you enter Korean characters.
Korean characters can be entered by the following input methods:
· Hangul
· Hanja
· Row-Column Code
· Phrase Input Method
You select the Korean input method by using a key or key sequence as
follows:
· Using a VT382-K terminal:
Compose selects Hangul
Shift+Compose selects Hanja
Ctrl+Compose selects Row-Column
· Using an LK201* keyboard:
Compose+Space selects Hangul
Shift+Compose selects Hanja
Ctrl+Compose+Space selects Row-Column
F6 selects Phrase
· Using an LK401* keyboard:
Compose selects Hangul
Shift+Compose selects Hanja
Ctrl+Compose selects Row-Column
F6 selects Phrase
· Using any PC-style keyboard:
Alt+Space selects Hangul
Shift+Alt+Space selects Hanja
Ctrl+Alt+Space selects Row-Column
F6 selects Phrase
You can customize these key sequences by using the Customization menu of
the dxhangulim application.
Running Motif Applications
X or Motif applications require non-ASCII fonts to display Korean
characters. Therefore, you must set the font path appropriately before
starting an application that displays Korean characters. An application can
find Korean 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
Before you start a Korean application, 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
100dp for 75dpi if you want high resolution display.
% xset +fp /usr/i18n/lib/X11/decwin/75dpi/
% xset fp rehash
After ensuring that the font path is set correctly and that the dxhangulim
input server is running (see the section on input devices, servers, and
methods), you can use the following steps to start a Korean application in
the DECwindows environment:
1. If you have not already made the desired language setting, then:
a.
Choose Language from the Option menu.
b.
Select the Korean language that you want the application to use.
The available Korean language options reflect the different codesets
supported by Korean locales, as follows:
Korean
This language option is equivalent to Korean (EUC).
Korean (DEC Korean)
Korean (EUC)
c.
Press the OK button.
2. Choose the application you want to start from the Application menu.
Printers
The operating system supports the following Korean printers. The associated
print filter is noted in parentheses following the printer name.
LA380-K (la380kof)
The LA380-K is a Korean graphic line printer.
DL510-KA (dl510kaof)
The DL510-KA is a Korean page printer.
For information on setting up and configuring these printers, refer to the
i18n_printing(5) and lprsetup(8) reference pages.
For information on how to use other kinds of printers to print Korean
characters, see the i18n_printing(5) and wwpsof(8) reference pages.
Fonts that support characters defined by the DEC Korean codeset are listed
in the deckorean(5) reference page.
EXAMPLES
This section shows the steps in the DECwindows Motif environment to set up
Korean language support and start the DECterm application where you can
display and input Korean text.
1. Make sure that the font path includes either the 75dpi or 100dpi
directory that contains fonts for Asian languages:
% xset q
If neither /usr/i18n/lib/decwin/75dpi/ nor /usr/i18n/lib/decwin/75dpi/
is included in the display, add one of them to the font path. For
example:
% xset +fp /usr/i18n/lib/decwin/75dpi/
% xset fp rehash
2. If it is not already running, start the dxhangulim input server:
% /usr/bin/X11/dxhangulim &
3. Choose Keyboard from the Option menu
4. In the the Keyboard Options dialog box, select the option for Korean.
Then click on the Apply and OK buttons.
5. Choose Language from the Option menu, select one of the Korean
language optons in the Language Options dialog box, and click on the
OK button
6. Create a new DECterm window by choosing DECterm from the Application
menu.
SEE ALSO
Commands: locale(1), lp(1), lpr(1), dxhangulim(1X), xset(1X), lpd(8),
lprsetup(8)
Files: printcap(4)
Others: code_page(5), deckorean(5), eucKR(5), i18n_intro(5),
i18n_printing(5), iconv_intro(5), keyboard(5), l10n_intro(5), Unicode(5)