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Icelandic(5)
NAME
  Icelandic, icelandic - Introduction to Icelandic language support

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

  Codesets


  The operating system supports the following codesets for Icelandic 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, and UTF-8 are the strings that represent these encoding
       formats in the names of codeset converters. See Unicode(5) for more
       information.

    ·  PC code pages

       cp850, cp861, cp865, and cp1252 are the strings that represent these
       encoding fomats in the names of 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.

  Icelandic Locales


  The operating system provides the following Icelandic locale:

    ·  is_IS.ISO8859-1 and is_IS.ISO8859-15 for Iceland

  The is_IS.ISO8859-15 locale supports the euro monetary character.

  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 Icelandic characters printed on the keys:

  _____________________________________________
  VT Style (105/108 keys)   PC Style (102 keys)
  _____________________________________________
  LK201-LU		    None
  _____________________________________________

  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 table
  supplies Icelandic-specific information that you need when loading keymaps.

  Selecting keymaps in xkb format is not supported for Icelandic. Selecting
  keymaps in xmodmap format:

  _____________________________________________
  For VT Style Keyboard:   Select:
  _____________________________________________
  LK201-LU		   icelandic lk201lu dp
			   icelandic lk201lu tw
  _____________________________________________

  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.

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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