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Czech(5)


NAME

  Czech, czech - Introduction to Czech language support


DESCRIPTION

  This reference page describes the coded character set (codeset), locale,
  device, font, and other kinds of support for the Czech language as used in
  the Czech Republic.

  Codesets for Czech

  The operating system supports the following codesets for Czech by means of
  locales, codeset converters, or both:

    ·  ISO 8859-2 (ISO Latin 2)

       ISO8859-2 is the string that represents this codeset in names of
       locales and codeset converters. See iso8859-2(5) for more information.

    ·  UTF-16, UCS-4, and UTF-8

       UTF-16, UCS-4, and UTF-8 are the strings that represent these encoding
       formats in names of locales and codeset converters. See Unicode(5) for
       more information.

    ·  PC code pages

       cp852 and cp1250 are the strings that represent PC code pages in the
       names of codeset converters. See code_page(5) for more information.

  See i18n_intro(5) and l10n_intro(5) for introductory information on
  codesets. See iconv_intro(5) for a discussion of codeset converters and how
  to use them.

  Locales

  The operating system provides the following locales for the Czech language
  and Czech Republic:

    ·  cs_CZ.ISO8859-2

       This locale is also available under the name cs_CZ.ISO8859-2@ucs4 for
       applications that need to convert data from ISO8859-2 file format to
       UCS-4 process code for character classification operations.

    ·  cs_CZ.UTF-8

       UTF-8 locales support file code and internal process code according to
       ISO 10646 and Unicode standards. File code, in UTF-8 locales, may
       include characters encoded in more than 1 byte; therefore, use these
       locales in applications that can process multibyte data. The UTF-8
       locale supports the euro monetary symbol; see euro(5).

  You can use the locale command (see locale(1)) to find out if this locale
  is installed on your system. See i18n_intro(5) for information on setting a
  locale.

  In the Common Desktop Environment (CDE), you need to set a locale by
  setting the session language. To do this, from the Options menu of the
  Login window, choose Language. Then, from the Language options menu, choose
  a session language.

  Keyboards

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

  _____________________________________________
  VT-Style (105/108 keys)   PC-Style (102 keys)
  _____________________________________________
  LK411-BV		    LK471-BV
  LK461-BV		    LK47W-BV
  LK46W-BV		    LK97W-BV
			    PCXAL-HV
			    PCXAL-LU
			    PCXAL-LV
			    PCXAL-PV
			    PCXAL-SV
  _____________________________________________

  For your keyboard to function correctly with your system, you must load a
  keyboard mapping table (keymap) that is appropriate for your keyboard'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-letter code). See keyboard(5)
  for general information on keymaps and instructions for loading them in
  different formats.  The following tables supply Czech-specific information
  that you need when loading keymaps.

  Selecting keymaps in xkb format:

  ________________________________________________________
  For VT-Style		   For PC-Style
  Keyboard:	 Select:   Keyboard:	  Select:
  ________________________________________________________
  LK411-BV	 lk411	   LK471-BV	  lk471bv or lk471
  LK461-BV	 lk461	   LK47W-BV	  lk471bv or lk471
  LK46W-BV	 lk461	   LK97W-BV	  lk97wbv or lk97w
			   PCXAL-HV	  pcxalhv
			   PCXAL-LU	  pcxallu
			   PCXAL-LV	  pcxallv
			   PCXAL-PV	  pcxalpv
			   PCXAL-SV	  pcxalsv
  ________________________________________________________

  Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format:

  ___________________________________________________________
  For VT-Style			 For PC-Style
  Keyboard:	 Select:	 Keyboard:	Select:
  ___________________________________________________________
  LK411-BV	 czech lk411bv	 LK471-BV	czech pcxalhv
  LK461-BV	 czech lk411bv	 LK47W-BV	czech pcxalhv
  LK46W-BV	 czech lk411bv	 PCXAL-HV	czech pcxalhv
				 PCXAL-LU	czech pcxalhv
				 PCXAL-LV	czech pcxallv
				 PCXAL-PV	czech pcxalpv
				 PCXAL-SV	czech pcxalhv
  ___________________________________________________________

  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. See keyboard(5) for information on how to enter characters.

  Printers

  For general information on printing support for different languages, see
  i18n_printing(5). The PostScript fonts available for languages supported by
  the ISO 8859-2 codeset are listed in iso8859-2(5).


SEE ALSO

  Commands: locale(1)

  Others: code_page(5), i18n_intro(5), i18n_printing(5), iconv_intro(5),
  iso8859-2(5), keyboard(5), l10n_intro(5), Unicode(5)

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