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:
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VT Style (105/108 keys) PC Style (102 keys)
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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
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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:
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For VT Style For PC Style
Keyboard: Select: Keyboard: Select:
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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
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Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format:
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For VT Style For PC Style
Keyboard: Select: Keyboard: Select:
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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
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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)
Writing Software for the International Market
French(5)