Slovene(5) — Macro Packages and Conventions

NAME

Slovene, slovene − Introduction to Slovene language support

DESCRIPTION

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

Codesets

The operating system supports the following codesets for Slovene 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.

•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 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 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 locale for the Slovene language and Slovenia:

•sl_SI.ISO8859-2

The sl_SI.ISO8859-2@ucs4 variant of this locale is also available to applications that need to convert file data in ISO8859-2 format to UCS-4 process code to perform certain operations on characters.

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 Slovene characters printed on the keys:

VT Style (105/108 keys)	PC Style (102 keys)
LK401-BY	LK471-BY
LK411-BY	LK47W-BY
LK461-BY	LK97W-BY
LK46W-BY	PCXAL-HY
	PCXAL-PY
	PCXAL-SY

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 Slovene-specific information that you need when loading keymaps.

Selecting keymaps in xkb format:

For VT Style		For PC Style
Keyboard:	Select:	Keyboard:	Select:
LK401-BY	lk401	LK471-BY	lk471by or lk471
LK411-BY	lk411	LK47W-BY	lk471by or lk471
LK461-BY	lk461	LK97W-BY	lk97wby or lk97w
LK46W-BY	lk461	PCXAL-HY	pcxalhy
		PCXAL-PY	pcxalpy
		PCXAL-SY	pcxalsy

Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format:

For VT Style		For PC Style
Keyboard:	Select:	Keyboard:	Select:
LK401-BY	scs lk401by	LK471-BY	scs pcxalhy
LK411-BY	scs lk411by	LK47W-BY	scs pcxalhy
LK461-BY	scs lk411by	PCXAL-HY	scs pcxalhy
LK46W-BY	scs lk411by	PCXAL-PY	scs pcxalpy
		PCXAL-SY	scs pcxalhy

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 PostScript fonts available for languages supported by the ISO 8859-2 codeset are listed on the iso8859-2(5) reference page.

Refer to the i18n_printing(5) reference page for discussion of printer support options.

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