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Turkish, turkish - Introduction to Turkish language support
DESCRIPTION
This reference page describes the coded character set (codeset),
locale, device, font, and other kinds of support for the Turkish lan‐
guage.
Codesets
The operating system supports the following codesets for Turkish by
means of locales, codeset converters, or both: ISO 8859-9 (ISO Latin 5)
ISO8859-9 is the string that represents this codeset in names of
locales and codeset converters. See iso8859-9(5) for more infor‐
mation. 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
cp850, cp852, cp857, and cp1254 are the strings that represent
these encoding formats 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 Turkish
language and Turkey: tr_TR.ISO8859-9
The tr_TR.ISO8859-9@ucs4 variant of this locale is also avail‐
able for applications that need to convert file data in
ISO8859-9 format to UCS-4 process code in order to perform cer‐
tain character-classification operations. tr_TR.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 mone‐
tary symbol; see euro(5).
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 a locale from the operating system command line.
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 key‐
boards with Turkish characters printed on the keys:
──────────────────────────────────────────────
VT-Style (105/108 keys) PC-Style (102 keys)
──────────────────────────────────────────────
LK411-DP LK471-BU
LK411-TW LK97W-BU
LK461-DP PCXAL-JU
LK461-TW PCXAL-LU
PCXAL-MU
──────────────────────────────────────────────
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 corre‐
spond 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 instruc‐
tions for loading them in different formats. The following tables sup‐
ply Turkish-specific information that you need when loading keymaps.
Selecting keymaps in xkb format:
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
For VT-Style For PC-Style
Keyboard: Select: Keyboard: Select:
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Turkish-F:
LK411-DP lk411 LK471-BW lk471bw or lk471
LK411-TW lk411 LK97W-BW lk97wbuw or lk97w
LK461-DP lk461 PCXAL-MU pcxalmu
LK461-TW lk461
Turkish-Q:
LK411-DP lk411 LK471-BU lk471bu or lk471
LK411-TW lk411 LK97W-BU lk97wbu or lk97w
LK461-DP lk461 PCXAL-JU pcxalju
LK461-TW lk461 PCXAL-LU pcxallu
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format:
─────────────────────────────────
For PC-Style
Keyboard: Select:
─────────────────────────────────
Turkish-F:
PCXAL-MU turkish f pcxalmu
Turkish-Q:
PCXAL-JU turkish q pcxalju
PCXAL-LU turkish q pcxallu
─────────────────────────────────
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
The PostScript fonts available for languages supported by the ISO
8859-9 codeset are listed in iso8859-9(5).
See i18n_printing(5) 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),
iso8859-9(5), keyboard(5), l10n_intro(5), Unicode(5)
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