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:

       ----------------------------------------------
       VT Style (105/108 keys)	 PC Style (102 keys)
       ----------------------------------------------
       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
       ----------------------------------------------

       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:

       ---------------------------------------------------------
       For VT Style		For PC Style
       Keyboard:      Select:	Keyboard:      Select:
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       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
       ---------------------------------------------------------

       Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format:

       ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
       For VT Style				   For PC Style
       Keyboard:      Select:			   Keyboard:	  Select:
       ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
       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
       ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

       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)

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