Russian(5)							File Formats Manual							Russian(5)

NAME

       Russian, russian - Introduction to Russian language support

DESCRIPTION

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

   Codesets
       The  operating  system  supports  the  following  codesets  for	Russian  by means of locales, codeset converters, or both: ISO 8859-5 (ISO
       Latin/Cyrillic)

	      ISO8859-5 is the string that represents this codeset in the names of locales and	codeset  converters.  See  iso8859-5(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

	      cp855, cp866, and cp1251 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 Russian locale: ru_RU.ISO8859-5, for Russia

	      The ru_RU.ISO8859-5@ucs4 variant of this locale exists for applications that need to convert file data in ISO8859-5 format to  UCS-4
	      process code for certain character-classification operations.

       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 Russian characters printed on the keys:

       ----------------------------------------------
       VT Style (105/108 keys)	 PC Style (102 keys)
       ----------------------------------------------
       LK401-BT 		 LK471-BT
       LK411-BT 		 LK47W-BT
       LK461-BT 		 LK97W-BT
       LK46W-BT 		 PCXAL-HT
				 PCXAL-LT
				 PCXAL-PT
				 PCXAL-QT
				 PCXAL-ST
       ----------------------------------------------

       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 Russian-specific information that you need when loading keymaps.

       Selecting keymaps in xkb format:

       ---------------------------------------------------------
       For VT Style		For PC Style
       Keyboard:      Select:	Keyboard:      Select:
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       LK401-BT       lk401	LK471-BT       lk471bt or lk471
       LK411-BT       lk411	LK47W-BT       lk471bt or lk471
       LK461-BT       lk461	LK97W-BT       lk97wbt or lk97w
       LK46W-BT       lk461	PCXAL-HT       pcxalht
				PCXAL-LT       pcxallt

				PCXAL-PT       pcxalpt
				PCXAL-QT       pcxalqt
				PCXAL-ST       pcxalst
       ---------------------------------------------------------

       Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format:

       ----------------------------------------------------------------
       For VT Style			For PC Style
       Keyboard:      Select:		Keyboard:      Select:
       ----------------------------------------------------------------
       LK401-BT       russian lk401bt	LK471-BT       russian pcxalht
       LK411-BT       russian lk411bt	LK47W-BT       russian pcxalht
       LK461-BT       russian lk411bt	PCXAL-HT       russian pcxalht
       LK46W-BT       russian lk411bt	PCXAL-LT       russian pcxallt
					PCXAL-PT       russian pcxallt
					PCXAL-QT       russian pcxallt
					PCXAL-ST       russian pcxallt
       ----------------------------------------------------------------

       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 PostScript fonts available for languages supported by the ISO 8859-5 codeset are listed on the iso8859-5(5) reference page.

       Refer to the i18n_printing(5) reference page 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), iso8859-5(5), keyboard(5), l10n_intro(5), Unicode(5)

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