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Section: Linux User Manual (5)
Updated: 1994–11–28
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NAME
charmap – character symbols to define character encodings
DESCRIPTION
A character set description (charmap) defines a character set of
available characters and their encodings. All supported character
sets should have the
portable character set
as a proper subset.
SYNTAX
The charmap file starts with a header, that may consist of the
following keywords:
- <codeset>
is followed by the name of the codeset.
- <mb_cur_max>
is followed by the max number of bytes for a multibyte–character.
Multibyte characters are currently not supported. The default value
is 1.
- <mb_cur_min>
is followed by the min number of bytes for a character. This
value must be less or equal than
mb_cur_max.If not specified, it defaults to
mb_cur_max.- <escape_char>
is followed by a character that should be used as the
escape–character for the rest of the file to mark characters that
should be interpreted in a special way. It defaults to
the backslash (
\\).
- <comment_char>
is followed by a character that will be used as the
comment–character for the rest of the file. It defaults to the
number sign (
#).
The charmap–definition itself starts with the keyword
CHARMAP
in column 1.
The following lines may have one of the two following forms to
define the character–encodings:
- <symbolic–name> <encoding> <comments>
This form defines exactly one character and its encoding.
- <symbolic–name>…<symbolic–name> <encoding> <comments>
This form defines a couple of characters. This is only useful for
mutlibyte–characters, which are currently not implemented.
The last line in a charmap–definition file must contain
END CHARMAP.
SYMBOLIC NAMES
A
symbolic name
for a character contains only characters of the
portable character set.
The name itself is enclosed between angle brackets.
Characters following an
<escape_char>
are interpreted as itself; for example, the sequence
‘<\\\\\\>>’
represents the symbolic name
‘\\>’
CHARACTER ENCODING
The
encoding may be in each of the following three forms:
- <escape_char>d<number>
with a decimal number
- <escape_char>x<number>
with a hexadecimal number
- <escape_char><number>
with an octal number.
FILES
/usr/share/i18n/charmaps/*
AUTHOR
Jochen Hein (jochen.hein@delphi.central.de)
CONFORMING TO
SEE ALSO
locale(1),
localedef(1),
localeconv(3),
setlocale(3),
locale(5)
Index
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- man localedef – Man page for localedef
- man iconv – Man page for iconv
- man XListFonts – Man page for XListFonts
- man MB_LEN_MAX – Man page for MB_LEN_MAX
- man locale – Man page for locale
- man mkfontscale – Man page for mkfontscale
- man mblen – Man page for mblen
- man mkfontdir – Man page for mkfontdir
