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 codesets for Czech by means of locales, codeset converters, or both:

       •ISO 8859-2 (ISO Latin 2)

ISO8859-2 is the string that represents this codeset in names of locales and codeset converters. See iso8859−2(5) for more information. 

       •UTF-16, UCS-4, and UTF-8

UTF-16, UCS-4, and UTF-8 are the strings that represent these encoding formats in names of locales and codeset converters. See Unicode(5) for more information. 

       •PC code pages

cp852 and cp1250 are the strings that represent PC code pages in the names of codeset converters. See code_page(5) for more information. 

See i18n_intro(5) and l10n_intro(5) for introductory information on codesets. See iconv_intro(5) for a discussion of codeset converters and how to use them. 

Locales

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

       •cs_CZ.ISO8859-2

This locale is also available under the name cs_CZ.ISO8859-2@ucs4 for applications that need to convert data from ISO8859-2 file format to UCS-4 process code for character classification operations. 

       •cs_CZ.UTF-8

UTF-8 locales support file code and internal process code according to ISO 10646 and Unicode standards. File code, in UTF-8 locales, may include characters encoded in more than 1 byte; therefore, use these locales in applications that can process multibyte data. The UTF-8 locale supports the euro monetary symbol; see euro(5). 

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 a locale. 

In the Common Desktop Environment (CDE), you need to set a locale by setting the session language. To do this, from the Options menu of the Login window, choose Language. Then, from the Language options menu, choose a session language. 

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 keyboard(5) 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. See keyboard(5) for information on how to enter characters. 

Printers

For general information on printing support for different languages, see i18n_printing(5). The PostScript fonts available for languages supported by the ISO 8859-2 codeset are listed in iso8859-2(5). 

SEE ALSO

Commands: locale(1)

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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