Italian(5)							File Formats Manual							Italian(5)

NAME

       Italian, italian - Introduction to Italian language support

DESCRIPTION

       This reference page describes the codeset, locale, device, and other kinds of support for the Italian language.

   Codesets
       The  operating  system supports the following coded character sets (codesets) for Italian 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 the names of locales and  codeset  converters.  See
	      Unicode(5) for more information.	PC code pages

	      cp437, cp850, and cp1252 are the strings that represent these encoding formats in the names 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) discusses codeset con-
       verters and how to use them.

   Locales
       The operating system supports the following Italian locales: it_IT.ISO8859-1, it_IT.ISO8859-15, and it_IT.UTF-8 for Italy

       Of these locales, only it_IT.ISO8859-15 and it_IT.UTF-8 support the euro currency 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 on the Login window.

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

       ----------------------------------------------
       VT Style (105/108 keys)	 PC Style (102 keys)
       ----------------------------------------------
       LK201-LI 		 LK442-PI
       LK401-AI 		 LK444-AI
       LK411-AI 		 LK471-AI
       LK450-AI 		 LK47W-AI
       LK451-AI 		 LK97W-AI
       LK461-AI 		 PCXAL-AI
       LK46W-AI 		 PCXAL-FI
				 PCXAL-GI
				 PCXAL-KI
       ----------------------------------------------

       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 Italian-specific information that you need when loading keymaps.

       Selecting keymaps in xkb format:

       ---------------------------------------------------------
       For VT Style		For PC Style
       Keyboard:      Select:	Keyboard:      Select:
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       LK201-LI       lk201	LK442-PI       lk442 or lk44x
       LK401-AI       lk401	LK444-AI       lk444 or lk44x
       LK411-AI       lk411	LK471-AI       lk471ai or lk471
       LK450-AI       lk450	LK47W-AI       lk471ai or lk471
       LK451-AI       lk450	LK97W-AI       lk97wai or lk97w

       LK461-AI       lk461	PCXAL-AI       pcxalai
       LK46W-AI       lk461	PCXAL-FI       pcxalfi
				PCXAL-GI       pcxalgi
				PCXAL-KI       pcxalki
       ---------------------------------------------------------

       Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format:

       -------------------------------------------------------------------
       For VT Style			   For PC Style
       Keyboard:      Select:		   Keyboard:	  Select:
       -------------------------------------------------------------------
       LK201-LI       italian lk201li dp   LK442-PI	  italian lk444ki
		      italian lk201li tw   LK444-AI	  italian lk444ki
       LK401-AI       italian lk401ai dp   LK471-AI	  italian pcxalgi
		      italian lk401ai tw   LK47W-AI	  italian pcxalgi
       LK411-AI       italian lk411ai	   PCXAL-AI	  italian pcxalgi
       LK450-AI       italian lk411ai	   PCXAL-FI	  italian pcxalgi
       LK451-AI       italian lk411ai	   PCXAL-GI	  italian pcxalgi
       LK461-AI       italian lk411ai	   PCXAL-KI	  italian pcxalgi
       LK46W-AI       italian lk411ai
       -------------------------------------------------------------------

       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 general discussion of
       printer support options.

SEE ALSO

       Commands: locale(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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