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Thai(5)
NAME
  Thai, thai - Introduction to Thai language support

DESCRIPTION
  TIS 620-2533 is the Thai national standard that defines a primary set of
  graphic characters for information interchange. The operating system
  supports this standard with coded character set (codeset), locale, device,
  and other kinds of system files.

  Codesets


  The operating system supports the following codesets for Thai by means of
  locales, codeset converters, or both.

  TACTIS (Thai API Consortium/Thai National Standard)
      The string that represents this codeset in names of locales and codeset
      converters is TACTIS. For more information, see the TACTIS(5) reference
      page.

  UCS-2, UCS-4, and UTF-8
      The strings that represent these encoding formats in the names of
      locales and codeset converters are UCS-2, UCS-4, ucs4, and UTF-8. For
      more information, see the Unicode(5) reference page.

  PC code page
      The string that represents this encoding format in the names of codeset
      converters is cp874. For more information, see the code_page(5)
      reference page.

				     Note

       Character encoding in UCS-2, UCS-4, and UTF-8 formats is identical to
       character encoding in the TACTIS codeset. Therefore, you can use data
       converted from cp874 format to UCS-2, UCS-4, or UTF-8 when the locale
       setting is th_TH.TACTIS.

  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 supports the following Thai locale for Thailand:

       th_TH.TACTIS

  Applications can use the th_TH.TACTIS@ucs4 variant of this locale if they
  need to convert file data in TACTIS format to UCS-4 process code to perform
  certain character-classification operations.

  You can use the locale command (see locale(1)) to display the names of
  locales installed on your system. See i18n_intro(5) for information on
  setting locale from the operating system command line.


  In the Common Desktop Environment, you also need to set the session
  language. To do this, use the Language menu, which is accessed from the
  Options button of the Login window.

  Input Devices, Servers, and Methods


  The operating system supports one Thai terminal, the VT382-T.

  The operating system supports the LK201, LK401, LK471, LK97W, and PCXAL
  keyboards for the Thai language.  Thai characters are printed on the keys
  of the following models:

       LK201-T
       LK401-T
       LK471-CB
       LK97W-CB
       PCXAL-T

  There are several methods used to input Thai characters. The following list
  briefly describes both Thai input methods and the way English characters
  are entered on Thai keyboards:

    ·  Thai Character Input

       Non-graphic Thai characters and English characters map to the same set
       of keys.	 When input mode is set to on, users can enter the Thai
       characters.  When input mode is set to off, users can enter English
       characters.

    ·  Hex Input

       Thai characters are entered by typing their hexadecimal code values.

    ·  Special Thai Character Input

       Graphic characters defined in the TIS 620-2533 standard map to certain
       keys on Thai keyboards and these characters are entered by pressing
       those keys.

  For the VT382-T terminal, Thai input mode is provided by terminal firmware.

  In a Motif environment such as CDE, Thai input methods do not require an
  input server to be running. However, if your system default keyboard is not
  a Thai keyboard, you must load a Thai keymap before starting an application
  window. See keyboard(5) for more information about setting and using
  keyboards.

  The Thai VT terminal and Motif keymaps support locking-shift mode switching
  to toggle between English and Thai character input. English characters can
  be entered in the Mode Switch Off state and Thai characters in the Mode
  Switch On state. Use one of the following key sequences to toggle the Mode
  Switch state:

       For the VT382-T terminal, press Compose
       For LK201 keyboards, press Compose+Space
       For LK401 keyboards, press Compose
       For PCXAL, LK471, and LK97W keyboards, press Right Ctrl


  These keys are defaults; you can change them to be other keys.






  Setting Up Screen Fonts for Motif Applications


  X or Motif applications require non-ASCII fonts to display Thai characters.
  The font path must be set appropriately before starting an application that
  displays Thai characters. An application can find Thai fonts in either of
  the following directories:

    ·  /usr/i18n/lib/X11/fonts/decwin/75dpi, for low resolution display

    ·  /usr/i18n/lib/X11/fonts/decwin/100dpi, for high resolution display

  For applications running under CDE, users do not need to set the font path.
  In other environments, you may need to use the following command to check
  the font path:

       % xset q

  If one of the directories in the preceding list is not in the font path,
  the following example shows how to add the directory.	 You can substitute
  100dp for 75dpi if you want high resolution display.

       % xset +fp /usr/i18n/lib/X11/decwin/75dpi/
       % xset fp rehash

  Printers


  The operating system supports the following Thai printer. The associated
  print filter is noted in parentheses following the printer name.

  Epson LQ1050+ (thailpof)
      The Epson LQ1050+ is a 24-pin dot matrix printer.

  For more information on setting up and configuring this and generic
  printers for Thai print jobs, refer to the i18n_printing(5) and lprsetup(8)
  reference pages.

  In the desktop publishing (DTP) environment for Thai, it is necessary to
  implement above vowel and tonemark characters that are not defined in the
  TIS 620-2555 standard set of graphic characters. These supplementary
  characters provide the text morphing that appears in printed Thai text.

  Currently, there is no standard way to implement text morphing. Therefore,
  the rules used by the dl1152w and dl5100w print filters are proprietary and
  supported only by Thai fonts that are supplied with the operating system.
  (Refer to i18n_printing(5) for information about the printers that these
  filters support.) If your site installs Thai fonts from third-party
  vendors, be sure to verify printed output carefully before making the Thai
  printer queue generally available.

  To enable text morphing in printed output, specify the tm option on the -A
  flag of the lpr command (see lpr(1).







SEE ALSO
  Commands: locale(1), lp(1), lpr(1), xset(1X), lpd(8), lprsetup(8)


  Files: printcap(4)

  Others: code_page(5), i18n_intro(5), i18n_printing(5), iconv_intro(5),
  l10n_intro(5), TACTIS(5), Unicode(5), Wototo(5)

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