Hungarian(5) — Macro Packages and Conventions

NAME

Hungarian, hungarian − Introduction to Hungarian language support

DESCRIPTION

This reference page describes the codeset, locale, device, and other kinds of support for the Hungarian language.

Codesets

The operating system supports the following coded character sets (codesets) for Hungarian by means of locales, codeset converters, or both:

•ISO 8859-2 (ISO Latin−2)

ISO8859-2 is the string that represents this codeset in the names of locales and codeset converters. See iso8859−2(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

cp852 and cp1250 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 discusses codeset converters and how to use them.

Locales

The operating system provides the following Hungarian locale:

•hu_HU.ISO8859-2, for Hungary

This locale also exists under the name hu_HU.ISO8859-2@ucs4 for use by applications that need to convert file data in ISO8859-2 format to UCS-4 process code to perform certain kinds of character 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 Hungarian characters printed on the keys:

VT Style (105/108 keys)	PC Style (102 keys)
LK401-BQ	LK471-BQ
LK411-BQ	LK47W-BQ
LK461-BQ	LK97W-BQ
LK46W-BQ	PCXAL-HQ
	PCXAL-LQ
	PCXAL-PQ
	PCXAL-SQ

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 the keyboard(5) reference page for general information on keymaps and instructions for loading them in different formats. The following tables supply Hungarian-specific information that you need when loading keymaps.

Selecting keymaps in xkb format:

For VT Style		For PC Style
Keyboard:	Select:	Keyboard:	Select:
LK401-BQ	lk401	LK471-BQ	lk471bq or lk471
LK411-BQ	lk411	LK47W-BQ	lk471bq or lk471
LK461-BQ	lk461	LK97W-BQ	lk97wbq or lk97w
LK46W-BQ	lk461	PCXAL-HQ	pcxalhq
		PCXAL-LQ	pcxallq
		PCXAL-PQ	pcxalpq
		PCXAL-SQ	pcxalsq

Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format:

For VT Style		For PC Style
Keyboard:	Select:	Keyboard:	Select:
LK401-BQ	hungarian lk401bq	LK471-BQ	hungarian pcxalhq
LK411-BQ	hungarian lk411bq	LK47W-BQ	hungarian pcxalhq
LK461-BQ	hungarian lk411bq	PCXAL-HQ	hungarian pcxalhq
LK46W-BQ	hungarian lk411bq	PCXAL-LQ	hungarian pcxalhq
		PCXAL-PQ	hungarian pcxalhq
		PCXAL-SQ	hungarian pcxalhq

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 i18n_printing(5) reference page discusses printer-support options. The PostScript fonts available for languages supported by the ISO 8859-2 codeset are listed on the iso8859-2(5) reference page.

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