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Dutch, dutch, Flemish, flemish - Introduction to Dutch and Flemish lan‐
guage support
DESCRIPTION
This reference page describes the coded character set (codeset),
locale, device, and other support for the Dutch or Flemish language.
Codesets
The operating system supports the following codesets for Dutch or Flem‐
ish 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, 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.
Dutch Locales
The operating system provides the following Dutch/Flemish locales for
different countries: nl_BE.ISO8859-1, nl_BE.ISO8859-15, and nl_BE.UTF-8
for Belgium nl_NL.ISO8859-1, nl_NL.ISO8859-15, and nl_NL.UTF-8 for the
Netherlands
The nl_BE.ISO8859-15 and nl_BE.UTF-8 locales use the euro symbol for
currency. Because the nl_BE.ISO8859-1 locale repertoire does not con‐
tain the euro symbol, it continues to use the franc currency symbol.
The nl_NL.ISO8859-15 and nl_NL.UTF-8 locales use the euro symbol for
currency. Because the nl_NL.ISO8859-1 locale repertoire does not con‐
tain the euro symbol, it continues to use the guilder currency symbol.
You can use the locale command (see locale(1)) to find out if these
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 key‐
boards with Dutch characters printed on the keys:
──────────────────────────────────────────────
VT Style (105/108 keys) PC Style (102 keys)
──────────────────────────────────────────────
LK411-AH LK471-AH
LK412-AH LK47W-AH
LK450-AH LK97W-AH
LK451-AH PCXAL-GH
LK461-AH PCXAL-KH
LK46W-AH PCXAL-NH
PCCAL-NH
──────────────────────────────────────────────
For your keyboard to function correctly with your system, you must load
a keyboard mapping table (keymap) that is appropriate for your key‐
board's model and language. If you load a keymap that does not corre‐
spond 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 Dutch-specific information that you need when
loading keymaps.
Selecting keymaps in xkb format:
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
For VT Style For PC Style
Keyboard: Select: Keyboard: Select:
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
LK411-AH lk411 LK471-AH lk471ah or lk471
LK412-AH lk411 LK47W-AH lk471ah or lk471
LK450-AH lk450 LK97W-AH lk97wah or lk97w
LK451-AH lk450 PCXAL-RH pcxalrh
LK461-AH lk461 PCXAL-GH pcxalgh
LK46W-AH lk461 PCXAL-KH pcxal
PCXAL-NH pcxal
PCCAL-NH pcxal
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format:
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
For VT Style For PC Style
Keyboard: Select: Keyboard: Select:
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
LK411-AH dutch lk411ah LK471-AH dutch pcxalgh
LK412-AH dutch lk411ah LK47W-AH dutch pcxalgh
LK450-AH dutch lk411ah PCXAL-RH dutch pcxalgh
LK451-AH dutch lk411ah PCXAL-GH dutch pcxalgh
LK461-AH dutch lk411ah PCXAL-KH dutch pcxalgh
LK46W-AF dutch lk411ah PCXAL-NH dutch pcxalgh
PCCAL-NH dutch pcxalgh
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
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
PostScript fonts for languages supported by the ISO 8859-1 codeset are
printer resident.
SEE ALSO
Commands: locale(1)
Others: code_page(5), euro(5), i18n_intro(5), i18n_printing(5),
iconv_intro(5), iso8859-1(5), iso8859-15(5), keyboard(5),
l10n_intro(5), Unicode(5)
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