French(5)							File Formats Manual							 French(5)

NAME

       French, french - Introduction to French language support

DESCRIPTION

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

   Codesets
       The operating system supports the following codesets for French 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, ucs4, 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-page formats

	      cp437, cp850, cp863, and cp1252 are the strings that represent these encoding formats in the names of locales and  codeset  convert-
	      ers. 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.

   French Locales
       The operating system provides the following French locales for different countries: fr_BE.ISO8859-1, fr_BE.ISO8859-15, and fr_BE.UTF-8  for
       Belgium fr_CA.ISO8859-1 and fr_CA.ISO8859-15 for Canada fr_FR.ISO8859-1, fr_FR.ISO8859-15, and fr_FR.UTF-8 for France

       Of these locales, only the and locales support the Eeuro currency sign.

       You can use the locale command (see locale(1)) to find out if these 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 on the Login window.

   Keyboards
       The operating system supports the following VT style and PC style keyboards with French characters printed on the keys:

       ----------------------------------------------
       VT Style (105/108 keys)	 PC Style (102 keys)
       ----------------------------------------------
       LK201-LP 		 LK442-PP
       LK401-AP 		 LK444-AP
       LK411-AP 		 LK471-AP
       LK450-AP 		 LK47W-AP
       LK451-AP 		 LK97W-AP
       LK461-AP 		 PCXAL-AP
       LK46W-AP 		 PCXAL-FP
				 PCXAL-GP
				 PCXAL-KP
       ----------------------------------------------

       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 French-specific information that you need when loading keymaps.

       Selecting keymaps in xkb format:

       ---------------------------------------------------------
       For VT Style		For PC Style
       Keyboard:      Select:	Keyboard:      Select:
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       LK201-LP       lk201	LK442-PP       lk442 or lk44x
       LK401-AP       lk401	LK444-AP       lk444 or lk44x
       LK411-AP       lk411	LK471-AP       lk471ap or lk471
       LK450-AP       lk450	LK47W-AP       lk471ap or lk471
       LK451-AP       lk450	LK97W-AP       lk97wap or lk97w

       LK461-AP       lk461	PCXAL-AP       pcxalap
       LK46W-AP       lk461	PCXAL-FP       pcxalfp
				PCXAL-GP       pcxalgp
				PCXAL-KP       pcxalkp
       ---------------------------------------------------------

       Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format:

       ---------------------------------------------------------------------
       For VT Style			      For PC Style
       Keyboard:      Select:		      Keyboard:      Select:
       ---------------------------------------------------------------------
       LK201-LP       belgian	     french   LK442-PP	     french lk444kp
		      lk201lp dp
		      belgian	     french   LK444-AP	     french lk444kp
		      lk201lp tw
       LK401-AP       belgian	     french   LK471-AP	     french pcxalgp
		      lk401ap dp
		      belgian	     french   LK47W-AP	     french pcxalgp
		      lk401ap tw
       LK411-AP       french lk411ap	      PCXAL-AP	     french pcxalgp
       LK450-AP       french lk411ap	      PCXAL-FP	     french pcxalgp
       LK451-AP       french lk411ap	      PCXAL-GP	     french pcxalgp
       LK461-AP       french lk411ap	      PCXAL-KP	     french pcxalgp
       LK46W-AP       french lk411ap
       ---------------------------------------------------------------------

       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 ALSO

       Commands:locale(1), lp(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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