NAME

Czech, czech − Introduction to Czech language support

DESCRIPTION

This reference page describes the coded character set (codeset), locale, device, font, and other kinds of support for the Czech language as used in the Czech Republic. 

Codesets for Czech

The operating system supports the following codeset for Czech:

       •ISO 8859-2 (ISO Latin 2)

ISO8859-2 is the string that represents this codeset in names of locales and other system files. 

See the i18n_intro(5) and l10n_intro(5) reference pages for introductory information on codesets. 

Locales

The operating system provides the following locale for the Czech language and Czech Republic:

       •cs_CZ.ISO8859-2

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. 

In a windows environment, you also need to set the session language.  The way you do this depends on which windows environment you are using:

       •In the Common Desktop environment (CDE), use the Language menu accessed from the login window Options button. 

       •In the DECwindows environment, use the Language Option dialog box invoked from the Session Manager’s Options menu. 

Keyboards

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

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 Czech-specific information that you need when loading keymaps. 

Selecting keymaps in xkb format:

Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format:

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

The PostScript fonts available for languages supported by the ISO 8859-2 codeset are listed on the iso8859-2(5) reference page. You can manually download these fonts to any PostScript printer supported by the operating system. In this case, you must download the fonts each time you start the printer. 

The operating system supports the following printers for dynamically downloading PostScript fonts. The associated print filter is noted in parentheses following the printer name. 

       •DEClaser 1152 (dl1152wrof)

The DEClaser 1152 is a PostScript printer that uses the font-faulting technique to download fonts. 

       •DEClaser 5100, model LN09X-HD (dl5100wrof)

The DEClaser 5100 is a PostScript printer that uses a built-in font disk. 

For more information on setting up and configuring these printers, refer to the i18n_printing(5) and lprsetup(8) reference pages. 

Codeset Conversion

The following codeset converters are available for Czech:

       •cp852_UCS-2 (PC code-page format to UCS-2)

       •cp852_UCS-4 (PC code-page format to UCS-4)

       •cp852_UTF-8 (PC code-page format to UTF-8)

       •ISO8859-2_UCS-2 (ISO Latin 2 to UCS-2)

       •ISO8859-2_UCS-4 (ISO Latin 2 to UCS-4)

       •ISO8859-2_UTF-8 (ISO Latin 2 to UTF-8

       •UCS-2_cp852 (UCS-2 to PC code-page format)

       •UCS-2_ISO8859-2 (UCS-2 to ISO Latin 2)

       •UCS-4_cp852 (UCS-4 to PC code-page format)

       •UCS-4_ISO8859-2 (UCS-4 to ISO Latin 2)

       •UTF-8_cp852 (UTF-8 to PC code-page format)

       •UTF-8_ISO8859-2 (UTF-8 to ISO Latin 2)

For more information about codeset converters, see the iconv_intro(5) reference page.  For information on PC code pages, see code_page(5). For information on UCS-2, UCS-4, and UTF-8, see Unicode(5). 

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), iso8859-2(5), keyboard(5), l10n_intro(5), Unicode(5)

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