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Greek(5)
NAME
  Greek, greek - Introduction to Greek language support

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

  Codesets


  The operating system supports the following coded character sets (codesets)
  for Greek:

    ·  ISO 8859-7 (ISO Latin/Greek)

       ISO8859-7 is the string that represents this codeset in the names of
       locales and codeset converters. Refer to iso8859-7(5) for information
       on the ISO Latin/Greek codeset.

    ·  PC code-page formats (supported through codeset converters only)

       cp737, cp869, and cp1253 are the strings that represent these encoding
       formats in the names of codeset converters. Refer to code_page(5) for
       information on PC code pages.

    ·  UCS-2, UCS-4, and UTF-8 encoding formats (file data supported through
       codeset converters only)

       UCS-2, UCS-4, and UTF-8 are the strings that represent these encoding
       formats in the names of codeset converters. Refer to Unicode(5) for
       information on these encoding formats.

  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 Greek locale:

    ·  el_GR.ISO8859-7, for Greece

       This locale is also available under the name el_GR.ISO8859-7@ucs4 for
       applications that need to convert data between ISO8859-7 file format
       and UCS-4 process code for character classification operations.

  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.

  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
  for Greek:

  _____________________________________________
  VT Style (105/108 keys)   PC Style (102 keys)
  _____________________________________________
  Greek LK401		    LK444
  LK411			    LK471-BH
  LK461			    LK97W-BH
  Greek LK471		    PCXAL-HH
			    PCXAL-LH
  _____________________________________________

  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 Greek-specific information that you need when loading keymaps.

  Selecting keymaps in xkb format:

  ________________________________________________________
  For VT Style		   For PC Style
  Keyboard:	 Select:   Keyboard:	  Select:
  ________________________________________________________
  LK401 Greek	 lk401	   LK444	  lk444 or lk44x
  LK411		 lk411	   LK471-BH	  lk471bh or lk471
  LK461		 lk461	   LK97W-BH	  lk97wbh or lk97w
			   PCXAL-HH	  pcxalhh
			   PCXAL-LH	  pcxallh
  ________________________________________________________

  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


  For information on setting up and configuring printers for non-English
  text, refer to the i18n_printing(5) reference page.

  PostScript fonts available for languages supported by the ISO 8859-7
  codeset are listed on the iso8859-7(5) reference page.






SEE ALSO
  Commands: locale(1)


  Others: code_page(5), i18n_intro(5), i18n_printing(5), iconv_intro(5),
  iso8859-7(5), keyboard(5), l10n_intro(5), Unicode(5)

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