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CHARMAP(5)                     Linux User Manual                    CHARMAP(5)



 

NAME


       charmap - character symbols to define character encodings

 

DESCRIPTION






       A character set description (charmap) defines a character set of avail-
       able 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 follow-
       ing keywords:

       
              is followed by the name of the codeset.

       
              is followed by the max number of bytes for  a  multibyte-charac-
              ter.   Multibyte  characters  are  currently not supported.  The
              default value is 1.

       
              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.

       
              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 ( \ ).

       
              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:

         
              This form defines exactly one character and its encoding.

       ...  
              This  form  defines a couple of characters.  This is only useful
              for multibyte-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    are  interpreted  as
       itself;  for  example, the sequence <\\\>> represents the symbolic name
       \> enclosed in angle brackets.

   Character Encoding
       The encoding may be in each of the following three forms:

       d
              with a decimal number

       x
              with a hexadecimal number

       
              with an octal number.

 

FILES


       /usr/share/i18n/charmaps/*

 

CONFORMING TO


       POSIX.2.

 

SEE ALSO


       locale(1), localedef(1), localeconv(3), setlocale(3), locale(5)

 

COLOPHON


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                                  1994-11-28                        CHARMAP(5)