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Swedish, swedish - Introduction to Swedish language support
DESCRIPTION
This reference page describes the coded character set (codeset),
locale, device, and other kinds of support for the Swedish language.
Codesets
The operating system supports the following codesets for Swedish 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. UTF-16, UCS-4, and UTF-8
UTF-16, UCS-4, 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
cp437, cp850, cp865, and cp1252 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 introduc‐
tory information on codesets. The iconv_intro(5) reference page dis‐
cusses codeset converters and how to use them.
Locales
The operating system supports the following Swedish locales:
sv_SE.ISO8859-1, sv_SE.ISO8859-15, and sv_SE.UTF-8, for Sweden
The sv_SE.ISO8859-15 and sv_SE.UTF-8 locales use the euro symbol for
currency. Because the sv_SE.ISO8859-1 locale repertoire does not con‐
tain the euro symbol, it continues to use the traditional Swedish cur‐
rency symbol.
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.
In the Common Desktop Environment (CDE), you 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 Swedish characters printed on the keys:
──────────────────────────────────────────────
VT Style (105/108 keys) PC Style (102 keys)
──────────────────────────────────────────────
LK411-AM LK471-AF
LK450-AM LK47W-AF
LK451-AM LK97W-AF
LK461-AM PCXAL-AM
LK46W-AM PCXAL-CA
PCXAL-JA
PCXAL-MA
──────────────────────────────────────────────
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 the keyboard(5) reference page for general information on
keymaps and instructions for loading them in different formats. The
following tables supply Swedish-specific information that you need when
loading keymaps.
Selecting keymaps in xkb format:
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
For VT Style For PC Style
Keyboard: Select: Keyboard: Select:
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
LK411-AM lk411 LK471-AF lk471af or lk471
LK450-AM lk450 LK47W-AF lk471af or lk471
LK451-AM lk450 LK97W-AF lk97waf or lk97w
LK461-AM lk461 PCXAL-AM pcxalja
LK46W-AM lk461 PCXAL-CA pcxalca
PCXAL-JA pcxalja
PCXAL-MA pcxalma
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format:
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
For VT Style For PC Style
Keyboard: Select: Keyboard: Select:
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
LK411-AM swedish lk411am LK471-AF swedish pcxalja
LK450-AM swedish lk411am LK47W-AF swedish pcxalja
LK451-AM swedish lk411am PCXAL-AM swedish pcxalja
LK461-AM swedish lk411am PCXAL-CA swedish pcxalja
LK46W-AM swedish lk411am PCXAL-JA swedish pcxalja
PCXAL-MA swedish pcxalja
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
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)
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)
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