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French(5)
NAME
  French, french - Introduction to French language support

DESCRIPTION
  This reference page describes the coded character set (codeset), locale,
  device, and other support for the French language.

  Codesets


  The operating system supports the following codesets for French 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.

    ·  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-page formats

       cp437, cp850, cp863, and cp1252 are the strings that represent these
       encoding formats in the names of locales and 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.

  French Locales


  The operating system provides the following French locales for different
  countries:

    ·  fr_BE.ISO8859-1, fr_BE.ISO8859-15, and fr_BE.UTF-8 for Belgium

    ·  fr_CA.ISO8859-1 and fr_CA.ISO8859-15 for Canada

    ·  fr_FR.ISO8859-1, fr_FR.ISO8859-15, and fr_FR.UTF-8 for France

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

  You can use the locale command (see locale(1)) to find out if these 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 on the Login window.

  Keyboards


  The operating system supports the following VT style and PC style keyboards
  with French characters printed on the keys:

  _____________________________________________
  VT Style (105/108 keys)   PC Style (102 keys)
  _____________________________________________
  LK201-LP		    LK442-PP
  LK401-AP		    LK444-AP
  LK411-AP		    LK471-AP
  LK450-AP		    LK47W-AP
  LK451-AP		    LK97W-AP
  LK461-AP		    PCXAL-AP
  LK46W-AP		    PCXAL-FP
			    PCXAL-GP
			    PCXAL-KP
  _____________________________________________

  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 French-specific information that you need when loading keymaps.

  Selecting keymaps in xkb format:

  ________________________________________________________
  For VT Style		   For PC Style
  Keyboard:	 Select:   Keyboard:	  Select:
  ________________________________________________________
  LK201-LP	 lk201	   LK442-PP	  lk442 or lk44x
  LK401-AP	 lk401	   LK444-AP	  lk444 or lk44x
  LK411-AP	 lk411	   LK471-AP	  lk471ap or lk471
  LK450-AP	 lk450	   LK47W-AP	  lk471ap or lk471
  LK451-AP	 lk450	   LK97W-AP	  lk97wap or lk97w
  LK461-AP	 lk461	   PCXAL-AP	  pcxalap
  LK46W-AP	 lk461	   PCXAL-FP	  pcxalfp
			   PCXAL-GP	  pcxalgp
			   PCXAL-KP	  pcxalkp
  ________________________________________________________

  Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format:






  ____________________________________________________________________
  For VT Style				 For PC Style
  Keyboard:	 Select:		 Keyboard:	Select:
  ____________________________________________________________________


  LK201-LP				 LK442-PP	french lk444kp

		 belgian french
		 lk201lp dp
					 LK444-AP	french lk444kp

		 belgian french
		 lk201lp tw
  LK401-AP				 LK471-AP	french pcxalgp

		 belgian french
		 lk401ap dp
					 LK47W-AP	french pcxalgp

		 belgian french
		 lk401ap tw
  LK411-AP	 french lk411ap		 PCXAL-AP	french pcxalgp
  LK450-AP	 french lk411ap		 PCXAL-FP	french pcxalgp
  LK451-AP	 french lk411ap		 PCXAL-GP	french pcxalgp
  LK461-AP	 french lk411ap		 PCXAL-KP	french pcxalgp
  LK46W-AP	 french lk411ap
  ____________________________________________________________________

  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 ALSO
  Commands:locale(1), lp(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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