Norwegian(5) — Macro Packages and Conventions

NAME

Norwegian, norwegian − Introduction to Norwegian language support

DESCRIPTION

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

Codesets

The operating system supports the following codesets for Norwegian 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.

•UTF-16, UCS-4, UTF-8

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

•PC code pages

cp437, cp850, cp865, and cp1252 are the strings that represent these encoding formats 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.

Norwegian Locales

The operating system provides the following Norwegian locales:

•no_NO.ISO8859-1, no_NO.ISO8859-15, and no_NO.UTF-8 for Norway

The no_NO.ISO8859-15 and no_NO.UTF-8 locales use the euro symbol for currency. Because the no_NO.ISO8859-1 locale repertoire does not contain the euro symbol, it continues to use the traditional Norwegian currency symbol.

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.

In the Common Desktop Environment (CDE), you 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 Norwegian characters printed on the keys:

VT Style (105/108 keys)	PC Style (102 keys)
LK411-AN	LK471-AN
LK412-AN	LK47W-AN
LK450-AN	LK97W-AN
LK451-AN	PCXAL-AN
LK461-AN	PCXAL-FN
LK46W-AN	PCXAL-GN
	PCXAL-KN
	PCXAL-NN
	PCCAL-NN

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 Norwegian-specific information that you need when loading keymaps.

Selecting keymaps in xkb format:

For VT Style		For PC Style
Keyboard:	Select:	Keyboard:	Select:
LK411-AN	lk411	LK471-AN	lk471an or lk471
LK412-AN	lk411	LK47W-AN	lk471an or lk471
LK450-AN	lk450	LK97W-AN	lk97wan or lk97w
LK451-AN	lk450	PCXAL-AN	pcxalan
LK461-AN	lk461	PCXAL-FN	pcxalfn
LK46W-AN	lk461	PCXAL-GN	pcxalgn
		PCXAL-KN	pcxalkn
		PCXAL-NN	pcxal
		PCCAL-NN	pcxal

Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format:

For VT Style		For PC Style
Keyboard:	Select:	Keyboard:	Select:
LK411-AN	norwegian lk411an	LK471-AN	norwegian pcxalgn
LK412-AN	norwegian lk411an	LK47W-AN	norwegian pcxalgn
LK450-AN	norwegian lk411an	PCXAL-AN	norwegian pcxalgn
LK451-AN	norwegian lk411an	PCXAL-FN	norwegian pcxalgn
LK461-AN	norwegian lk411an	PCXAL-GN	norwegian pcxalgn
LK46W-AN	norwegian lk411an	PCXAL-KN	norwegian pcxalkn
		PCXAL-NN	norwegian pcxalgn
		PCCAL-NN	norwegian pcxalgn

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

PostScript fonts for languages supported by the ISO 8859-1 codeset are printer resident. Refer to i18n_printing(5) for discussion of printer support options.

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