Hebrew(5)							File Formats Manual							 Hebrew(5)

NAME

       Hebrew, hebrew - Introduction to Hebrew language support

DESCRIPTION

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

   Codesets
       The  operating  system  supports the following coded character sets (codesets) for Hebrew by means of locales, codeset converters, or both:
       ISO 8859-8 (ISO Latin/Hebrew)

	      ISO8859-8 is the string that represents this codeset in the names of locales and	codeset  converters.  See  iso8859-1(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 pages

	      cp862 and cp1255 are the strings that represent these encoding formats in the names of codeset  converters.   See  code_page(5)  for
	      more information.

       See  the  iso8859-8(5)  reference  page for information on the ISO Latin/Hebrew codeset.  See the i18n_intro(5) and l10n_intro(5) reference
       pages for introductory information on codesets.

   Locales
       The operating system provides the following Hebrew locale: he_IL.ISO8859-8, for Israel

	      This locale is also available under the name he_IL.ISO8859-8@ucs4 for use  by  applications  that  need  to  convert  file  data	in
	      ISO8859-8 format to UCS-4 process code for special operations on characters.

	      For backward compatibility, iw_IL.ISO8859-8 is supported as an alias for he_IL.ISO8859-8.

       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 Hebrew characters printed on the keys:

       ----------------------------------------------
       VT Style (105/108 keys)	 PC Style (102 keys)
       ----------------------------------------------
       LK201-LT 		 LK471-AT
       LK401-LT 		 LK97W-AT
       LK411-LT 		 PCXAL-KT
       LK433-LT
       ----------------------------------------------

       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 Hebrew-specific information that you need when loading keymaps.

       Selecting keymaps in xkb format:

       ---------------------------------------------------------
       For VT Style		For PC Style
       Keyboard:      Select:	Keyboard:      Select:
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       LK201-LT       lk201	LK471-AT       lk471at or lk471
       LK401-LT       lk401	LK97W-AT       lk97wat or lk97w
       LK411-LT       lk411	PCXAL-KT       pcxalkt
       LK433-LT       lk433
       ---------------------------------------------------------

       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
       The  fonts  available  for languages supported by the ISO 8859-8 codeset are listed in iso8859-8(5). See i18n_printing(5) for discussion of
       printer support options.

SEE ALSO

       Commands: locale(1)

       Others: code_page(5), i18n_intro(5), i18n_printing(5), iconv_intro(5), iso8859-8(5), keyboard(5), l10n_intro(5), Unicode(5)

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