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Hebrew, hebrew - Introduction to Hebrew language support
DESCRIPTION
This reference page describes the codeset, locale, device, and other
kinds of support for the Hebrew language.
Codesets
The operating system supports the following coded character sets (code‐
sets) for Hebrew by means of locales, codeset converters, or both: ISO
8859-8 (ISO Latin/Hebrew)
ISO8859-8 is the string that represents this codeset in the
names of locales and codeset converters. See iso8859-1(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
cp862 and cp1255 are the strings that represent these encoding
formats in the names of codeset converters. See code_page(5)
for more information.
See iso8859-8(5) for information on the ISO Latin/Hebrew codeset. See
i18n_intro(5) and l10n_intro(5) for introductory information on code‐
sets.
Locales
The operating system provides the following Hebrew locale:
he_IL.ISO8859-8, for Israel
This locale is also available under the name
he_IL.ISO8859-8@ucs4 for use by applications that need to con‐
vert file data in ISO8859-8 format to UCS-4 process code for
special operations on characters.
For backward compatibility, iw_IL.ISO8859-8 is supported as an
alias for he_IL.ISO8859-8.
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 Hebrew characters printed on the keys:
──────────────────────────────────────────────
VT-Style (105/108 keys) PC-Style (102 keys)
──────────────────────────────────────────────
LK411-LT LK471-AT
LK433-LT LK97W-AT
PCXAL-KT
──────────────────────────────────────────────
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 Hebrew-specific information that you need when loading keymaps.
Selecting keymaps in xkb format:
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
For VT-Style For PC-Style
Keyboard: Select: Keyboard: Select:
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
LK411-LT lk411 LK471-AT lk471at or lk471
LK433-LT lk433 LK97W-AT lk97wat or lk97w
PCXAL-KT pcxalkt
PCXAL-AT pcxalat
PCXAL-GT pcxalgt
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format:
──────────────────────────────
For PC-Style
Keyboard: Select:
──────────────────────────────
PCXAL-GT hebrew pcxalgt
PCXAL-KT hebrew pcxalkt
──────────────────────────────
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 fonts available for languages supported by the ISO 8859-8 codeset
are listed in iso8859-8(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),
iso8859-8(5), keyboard(5), l10n_intro(5), Unicode(5)
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