Expanded Locale Support
The proper support of the user environment is important to Sun, and with this release, Solaris software provides enhancements to over thirty locales to better meet user needs. These include changes to support the new "Euro" currency scheduled to take effect January 1999.
"Euro" Currency Support
In 1997, the European Community (EC) has agreed to standardize on a single currency, called "Euro." Beginning January 1999, all foreign exchange, banking, and finance industries in the EC will convert from using their local currencies to using the Euro.
In anticipation of this changeover, Solaris 7 software has added support for the Euro currency with sixteen new user locales. These are described in the following tables. The input mechanism for the Euro currency symbol in these locales conforms to the short-term proposal on Euro symbol input recommendations of the European Commission. These optional locales are for use by developers and users who need to work with the Euro. Local currency symbols are still available for backwards compatibility.
New User Locales
Solaris software already supports most of the European locales and with this release has focused on expanding its support for the Eastern European, Thai, and the Middle Eastern regions. New user locales in the Solaris 7 operating environment are listed in the following tables.
Table 3-1 New and Changed User Locales|
Region |
Locale Name |
ISO Code Set |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Albania |
sq_AL |
8859-2 |
|
|
Bosnia |
nr |
8859-2 |
|
|
Bulgaria |
bg_BG |
8859-5 |
|
|
Croatia |
hr_HR |
8859-2 |
|
|
Estonia |
et |
8859-15 |
The default codeset has been changed to ISO 8859-15 from ISO 8859-1. |
|
Finland |
su changed to fi |
-- |
Changed to comply with ISO standards |
|
France |
fr.UTF-8 |
UTF-8 |
|
|
Germany |
de.UTF-8 |
UTF-8 |
|
|
Israel |
he |
8859-8 |
|
|
Italy |
it.UTF-8 |
UTF-8 |
|
|
Latvia |
lt |
8859-13 |
The default codeset has been changed to ISO 8859-4 from ISO 8859-13. |
|
Lithuania |
lv |
8859-13 |
The default codeset has been changed to ISO 8859-4 from ISO 8859-13. |
|
Macedonia |
mk_MK |
8859-5 |
|
|
Norway |
no_NY |
8859-1 |
|
|
Romania |
ro_RO |
8859-2 |
|
|
Russia |
ru |
KOI-8 |
The default codeset has been changed to KOI-8 from ISO 8859-5. The ISO8859-5 based Russian locale will still be available as ru. The new locale will be ru.K0I8-R. |
|
Saudi Arabia |
ar |
8859-6 |
|
|
Serbia |
sr_SP |
8859-5 |
|
|
Slovakia |
sl_SK |
8859-2 |
|
|
Slovenia |
sl_SI |
8859-2 |
|
|
Spain |
es.UTF-8 |
UTF-8 |
|
|
Sweden |
sv.UTF-8 |
UTF-8 |
|
|
Thailand |
th_TH |
TIS 620-2533 |
|
|
United Kingdom |
en_UK changed to en_GB |
|
Changed to comply with ISO standards |
Table 3-2 New User Locales To Support the Euro Currency
|
Region |
Locale Name |
ISO Code Set |
|---|---|---|
|
Austria |
de_AT.ISO8859-15 |
8859-15 |
|
Belgium |
fr_BE.ISO8859-15 |
8859-15 |
|
Denmark |
da.ISO8859-15 |
8859-15 |
|
Finland |
fi.ISO8859-15 |
8859-15 |
|
France |
fr.ISO8859-15 |
8859-15 |
|
Germany |
de.ISO8859-15 |
8859-15 |
|
Greece |
el.sun_eu_greek |
8859-7 (modified) |
|
Ireland |
en_IE.ISO8859-15 |
8859-15 |
|
Italy |
it.ISO8859-15 |
8859-15 |
|
Netherlands |
nl.ISO8859-15 |
8859-15 |
|
Portugal |
pt.ISO8859-15 |
8859-15 |
|
Spain |
es.ISO8859-15 |
8859-15 |
|
Sweden |
sv.ISO8859-15 |
8859-15 |
|
United Kingdom |
en_GB.ISO8859-15 |
8859-15 |
|
Europe |
en_EU.ISO8859-15 |
8859-15 |
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