Portuguese(5) — Macro Packages and Conventions

NAME

Portuguese, portuguese − Introduction to Portuguese language support

DESCRIPTION

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

Codesets

The operating system supports the following codesets for Portuguese 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, and 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, cp860, and cp1252 are the strings that represent these encoding formats 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 information on codeset converters and how to use them.

Portuguese Locales

The operating system provides the following Portuguese locales:

•pt_PT.ISO8859-1, pt_PT.ISO8859-15, and pt_PT.UTF-8 for Portugal

The pt_PT.ISO8859-15 and pt_PT.UTF-8 locales use the euro symbol for currency. Because the pt_PT.ISO8859-1 locale repertoire does not contain the euro symbol, it continues to use the escudo 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 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 Portuguese characters printed on the keys:

VT Style (105/108 keys)	PC Style (102 keys)
LK411-AV	LK471-AV
LK412-AV	LK47W-AV
LK461-AV	LK97W-AV
LK46W-AV	PCXAL-AV
	PCXAL-FV
	PCXAL-GV
	PCXAL-KV
	PCXAL-NV
	PCCAL-NV

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 Portuguese-specific information that you need when loading keymaps.

Selecting keymaps in xkb format:

For VT Style		For PC Style
Keyboard:	Select:	Keyboard:	Select:
LK411-AV	lk411	LK471-AV	lk471av or lk471
LK412-AV	lk411	LK47W-AV	lk471av or lk471
LK461-AV	lk461	LK97W-AV	lk97wav or lk97w
LK46W-AV	lk461	PCXAL-AV	pcxalav
		PCXAL-FV	pcxalfv
		PCXAL-GV	pcxalgv
		PCXAL-KV	pcxalkv
		PCXAL-NV	pcxal
		PCCAL-NV	pcxal

Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format:

For VT Style		For PC Style
Keyboard:	Select:	Keyboard:	Select:
LK411-AV	portuguese lk411av	LK471-AV	portuguese pcxalgv
LK412-AV	portuguese lk411av	LK47W-AV	portuguese pcxalgv
LK461-AV	portuguese lk411av	PCXAL-AV	portuguese pcxalgv
LK46W-AV	portuguese lk411av	PCXAL-FV	portuguese pcxalgv
		PCXAL-GV	portuguese pcxalgv
		PCXAL-KV	portuguese pcxalkv
		PCXAL-NV	portuguese pcxalgv
		PCCAL-NV	portuguese pcxalgv

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.

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