Spanish(5) — Macro Packages and Conventions

NAME

Spanish, spanish − Introduction to Spanish language support

DESCRIPTION

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

Codesets

The operating system supports the following coded character sets (codesets) for Spanish 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 the iso8859−1(5) reference page.

•ISO 8859-15 (ISO Latin-9)

ISO8859-15 is the string that represents this codeset in the names of locales and codeset converters. See the iso8859−15(5) reference page.

•UCS-2, UCS-4, and UTF-8

UCS-2, UCS-4, and UTF-8 are the strings that represent these encoding formats in the names of locales and codeset converters. See the Unicode(5) reference page for more information.

•PC code pages

cp437, cp850, and cp1250 are the strings that represent these codesets in the names of codeset converters. See the code_page(5) reference page 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 supports the following Spanish locales:

•es_ES.ISO8859-1, es_ES.ISO8859-15, and es_ES.UTF-8, for Spain

Of these locales, only the .ISO8859-15 and .UTF-8 locales support the euro currency sign.

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 Spanish characters printed on the keys:

VT Style (105/108 keys)	PC Style (102 keys)
LK201-LS	LK442-PR
LK401-AS	LK442-PS
LK411-AS	LK444-AR
LK450-AS	LK444-AS
LK461-AS	LK471-AR
LK46W-AS	LK471-AS
	LK47W-AS
	LK97W-AR
	LK97W-AS
	PCXAL-AS
	PCXAL-FS
	PCXAL-GS
	PCXAL-KS

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 Spanish-specific information that you need when loading keymaps.

Selecting keymaps in xkb format:

For VT Style		For PC Style
Keyboard:	Select:	Keyboard:	Select:
LK201-LS	lk201	LK442-PR	lk442 or lk44x
LK401-AS	lk401	LK442-PS	lk442 or lk44x
LK411-AS	lk411	LK444-AR	lk444 or lk44x
LK450-AS	lk450	LK444-AS	lk444 or lk44x
LK451-AS	lk450	LK471-AR	lk471ar
LK461-AS	lk461	LK471-AS	lk471as or lk471
LK46W-AS	lk461	LK47W-AS	lk471as or lk471
		LK97W-AR	lk97war
		LK97W-AS	lk97was or lk97w
		PCXAL-AS	pcxalas
		PCXAL-FS	pcxalfs
		PCXAL-GS	pcxalgs
		PCXAL-KS	pcxalks

Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format:

For VT Style		For PC Style
Keyboard:	Select:	Keyboard:	Select:
LK201-LS	spanish lk201ls dp	LK442-PR	spanish lk444ks
	spanish lk201ls tw	LK442-PS	spanish lk444ks
LK401-AS	spanish lk401as dp	LK444-AR	spanish lk444ks
	spanish lk401as tw	LK444-AS	spanish lk444ks
LK411-AS	spanish lk411as	LK471-AS	spanish pcxalgs
LK450-AS	spanish lk411as	LK47W-AS	spanish pcxalgs
LK451-AS	spanish lk411as	PCXAL-AS	spanish pcxalgs
LK461-AS	spanish lk411as	PCXAL-FS	spanish pcxalgs
LK46W-AS	spanish lk411as	PCXAL-GS	spanish pcxalgs
		PCXAL-KS	spanish pcxalgs

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 the i18n_printing(5) reference page for a general discussion of your printing options.

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