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rmligs-german - remove incorrectly used ligatures from German LaTeX documents
SYNOPSIS
rmligs-german [options] FILE(s) ...
DESCRIPTION
rmligs-german is a program for removing incorrectly used ligatures from LaTeX documents. This version is intended for German language
texts only. Words like `Auflage' e.g. will be changed to `Auf"|lage' which is typographically correct.
The wordlist data is based on the igerman98 dictionary.
The input data may be ISO-8859-1/15 or UTF-8 encoded text. Also the German LaTeX like encoding of umlauts ("a, "u etc.) is treated cor-
rectly.
OPTIONS --filter, -f
filter mode. This is useful for streaming.
--test, -t
test mode. This just shows what would be changed but nothing will be written (read-only). This does not make sense in filter mode.
--interactive, -i
prompt before applying changes
--quiet, -q
quiet operation
SEE ALSO
The German language /usr/share/doc/rmligs-german/README.ligatures file from the documentation of this program,
Duden (the German's orthography bible),
nice and mostly older hand-set books
BUGS
There is no sanity checking of LaTeX files; rmligs-german will happily correct words in all files - even binaries! For safety reasons there
is always a .bak file created.
checking latin1 text in UTF-8 locales might throw out some error messages about malformed UTF-8 but that does not matter - the file is pro-
cessed correctly.
AUTHOR
Bjoern Jacke
Send mail to bjoern [at] j3e.de for bug reports and suggestions.
Linux November 2002 RMLIGS-GERMAN(1)
Check Out this Related Man Page
German(5) File Formats Manual German(5)NAME
German, german - Introduction to German language support
DESCRIPTION
This reference page describes the coded character set (codeset), locale, device, and other kinds of support for the German language.
Codesets
The operating system supports the following codesets for German 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. UCS-2, UCS-4, and UTF-8
UCS-2, UCS-4, and UTF-8 are the strings that represent these encoding formats in names of locales and codeset converters. See Uni-
code(5) for more information. PC code pages
cp437, cp850, 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 dis-
cusses codeset converters and how to use them.
Locales
The operating system provides the following German locales for different countries: de_CH.ISO8859-1, de_CH.ISO8859-15, and de_CH.UTF-8, for
Switzerland de_DE.ISO8859-1, de_DE.ISO8859-15, and de_DE.UTF-8, for Germany
Only the and ISO8859-15 locales support the euro monetary sign.
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.
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 of the Login window.
Keyboards
The operating system supports the following VT style and PC style keyboards with German characters printed on the keys:
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VT Style (105/108 keys) PC Style (102 keys)
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LK201-LG LK442-PG
LK201-NG LK444-AG
LK401-AG LK471-AG
LK411-AG LK47W-AG
LK450-AG LK97W-AG
LK451-AG PCXAL-AG
LK461-AG PCXAL-FG
LK46W-AG PCXAL-GG
PCXAL-KG
PCXAL-TT
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For your keyboard to function correctly with your system, you must load a keyboard mapping table (keymap) that is appropriate for your key-
board'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 let-
ter code). See the keyboard(5) reference page for general information on keymaps and instructions for loading them in different formats.
The following tables supply German-specific information that you need when loading keymaps.
Selecting keymaps in xkb format:
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For VT Style For PC Style
Keyboard: Select: Keyboard: Select:
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LK201-LG lk201 LK442-PG lk442 or lk44x
LK201-NG lk201 LK444-AG lk444 or lk44x
LK401-AG lk401 LK471-AG lk471ag or lk471
LK411-AG lk411 LK47W-AG lk471ag or lk471
LK450-AG lk450 LK97W-AG lk97wag or lk97w
LK451-AG lk450 PCXAL-AG pcxalag
LK461-AG lk461 PCXAL-FG pcxalfg
LK46W-AG lk461 PCXAL-GG pcxalgg
PCXAL-KG pcxalkg
PCXAL-TT pcxaltt
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Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format:
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For VT Style For PC Style
Keyboard: Select: Keyboard: Select:
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LK201-LG austrian german lk201lg dp LK442-PG austrian german
lk444kg
austrian german lk201lg tw LK444-AG austrian german
lk444kg
LK201-NG austrian german lk201ng dp LK471-AG austrian german
pcxalgg
austrian german lk201ng tw LK47W-AG austrian german
pcxalgg
LK401-AG austrian german lk401ag PCXAL-AG austrian german
pcxalgg
LK411-AG austrian german lk411ag PCXAL-FG austrian german
pcxalgg
LK450-AG austrian german lk411ag PCXAL-GG austrian german
pcxalgg
LK451-AG austrian german lk411ag PCXAL-KG austrian german
pcxalgg
LK461-AG austrian german lk411ag PCXAL-TT austrian german
pcxalgg
LK46W-AG austrian german lk411ag
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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 a discussion of printer support options.
SEE ALSO
Commands: locale(1)
Others: code_page(5). i18n_intro(5), i18n_printing(5), iconv_intro(5), iso8859-1(5), iso8859-15(5), keyboard(5), l10n_intro(5), unicode(5)
Writing Software for the International Market
German(5)