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 |