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Finnish, finnish - Introduction to Finnish language support
DESCRIPTION
This reference page describes the coded character set (codeset),
locale, device, and other support for the Finnish language.
Codesets
The operating system supports the following codesets for Finnish 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
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 i18n_intro(5) and l10n_intro(5) for introductory information on
codesets. See iconv_intro(5) for information on codeset converters and
how to use them.
Finnish Locales
The operating system provides the following Finnish locales:
fi_FI.ISO8859-1, fi_FI.ISO8859-15, and fi_FI.UTF-8 for Finland
The fi_FI.ISO8859-15 and fi_FI.UTF-8 locales use the euro symbol for
currency. Because the fi_FI.ISO8859-1 locale repertoire does not con‐
tain the euro symbol, it continues to use the markka currency symbol.
You can use the locale command (see locale(1)) to find out if this
locale is 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 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 Finnish characters printed on the keys:
──────────────────────────────────────────────
VT Style (105/108 keys) PC Style (102 keys)
──────────────────────────────────────────────
LK411-AF LK471-AF
LK412-AF LK47W-AF
LK450-AF LK97W-AF
LK451-AF PCXAL-CA
LK461-AF PCXAL-JA
LK46W-AF
──────────────────────────────────────────────
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 Finnish-specific information that you need when loading keymaps.
Selecting keymaps in xkb format:
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
For VT Style For PC Style
Keyboard: Select: Keyboard: Select:
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
LK411-AF lk411 LK471-AF lk471af or lk471
LK412-AF lk411 LK47W-AF lk471af or lk471
LK450-AF lk450 LK97W-AF lk97waf or lk97w
LK451-AF lk450 PCXAL-CA pcxalca
LK461-AF lk461 PCXAL-JA pcxalja
LK46W-AF lk461
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format:
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
For VT Style For PC Style
Keyboard: Select: Keyboard: Select:
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
LK411-AF finnish lk411af LK471-AF finnish pcxalja
LK412-AF finnish lk411af LK47W-AF finnish pcxalja
LK450-AF finnish lk411af PCXAL-CA finnish pcxalca
LK451-AF finnish lk411af PCXAL-JA finnish pcxalja
LK461-AF finnish lk411af
LK46W-AF finnish lk411af
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
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
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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