Codesets for IA (International Language Environments Guide)

International Language Environments Guide

Codesets for IA

The default codeset on the Solaris system for IA is ISO-8859-1. The IBM DOS 437 codeset is provided as an option in text mode. That is, if you choose to download IBM DOS 437 codeset by typing:

loadfont -c 437
pcmapkeys -f /usr/share/lib/keyboards/437/en_US

Nonstandard U.S. date, time, currency, numbers, units, and collation are not supported. Non-English message and text presentation is not supported, nor is multibyte character support. Therefore, non-Microsoft Windows users should use the IBM DOS 437 codeset only in the default C locale.

You must be in the text mode to download the IBM codeset, not the graphics mode.
If you are not using the standard U.S. PC keyboard, replace en_US with the keyboard map related to your keyboard.

To download the default codeset in text mode, type:

loadfont -c 8859
pcmapkeys -f /usr/share/lib/keyboards/8859/en_US

See the loadfont and pcmapkeys man pages.

All of the locales support character input and output. There is also iconv support for many of the major codesets. (For more on iconv, see iconv(1).

Table 3-16 iconv Support


Code	Symbol	Target Code	Symbol	Language Support
`ISO 8859-2`	iso2	MS 1250	win2	Windows Latin 2
`ISO 8859-2`	iso2	MS 852	dos2	MS-DOS Latin 2
`ISO 8859-2`	iso2	Mazovia	maz	Mazovia
`ISO 8859-2`	iso2	DHN	dhn	Dom Handlowy Nauki
`MS 1250`	win2	ISO 8859-2	iso2	ISO Latin 2
`MS 1250`	win2	MS 852	dos2	MS-DOS Latin 2
`MS 1250`	win2	Mazovia	maz	Mazovia
`MS 1250`	win2	DHN	dhn	Dom Handlowy Naduki
`MS 852`	dos2	ISO 8859-2	iso2	ISO Latin 2
`MS 852`	dos2	MS 1250	win2	Windows Latin 2
`MS 852`	dos2	Mazovia	maz	Mazovia
`MS 852`	dos2	DHN	dhn	Dom Handlowy Nauki
`Mazovia`	maz	ISO 8859-2	iso2	ISO Latin 2
`Mazovia`	maz	MS 1250	win2	Windows Latin 2
`Mazovia`	maz	MS 852	dos2	MS-DOS Latin 2
`Mazovia`	maz	DHN	dhn	Dom Handlowy Nauki
`DHN`	dhn	ISO 8859-2	iso2	ISO Latin 2
`DHN`	dhn	MS 1250	win2	Windows Latin 2
`DHN`	dhn	MS 852	dos2	MS-DOS Latin 2
`DHN`	dhn	Mazovia	maz	Mazovia
`ISO 8859-5`	iso5	KOI8-R	koi8	KOI8-R
`ISO 8859-5`	iso5	PC Cyrillic	alt	Alternative PC Cyrillic
`ISO 8859-5`	iso5	MS 1251	win5	Windows Cyrillic
`ISO 8859-5`	iso5	Mac Cyrillic	mac	Macintosh Cyrillic
`OKI8-R`	koi8	ISO 8859-5	iso5	ISO 8859-5 Cyrillic
`KOI8-R`	koi8	PC Cyrillic	alt	Alternative PC Cyrillic
`KOI8-R`	koi8	MS 1251	win5	Windows Cyrillic
`KOI8-R`	koi8	Mac Cyrillic	mac	Macintosh Cyrillic
`PC Cyrillic`	alt	ISO 8859-5	iso5	ISO 8859-5 Cyrillic
`PC Cyrillic`	alt	KOI8-R	koi8	KOI8-R
`PC Cyrillic`	alt	MS 1251	win5	Windows Cyrillic
`PC Cyrillic`	alt	Mac Cyrillic	mac	Macintosh Cyrillic
`MS 1251`	win5	ISO 8859-5	iso5	ISO 8859-5 Cyrillic
`MS 1251`	win5	KOI8-R	koi8	KOI8-R
`MS 1251`	win5	PC Cyrillic	alt	Alternative PC Cyrillic
`MS 1251`	win5	Mac Cyrillic	mac	Macintosh Cyrillic
`Mac Cyrillic`	mac	ISO 8859-5	iso5	ISO 8859-5 Cyrillic
`Mac Cyrillic`	mac	KOI8-R	koi8	KOI8-R
`Mac Cyrillic`	mac	PC Cyrillic	alt	Alternative PC Cyrillic
`Mac Cyrillic`	mac	MS 1251	win5	Windows Cyrillic