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charmap !!!charmap NAME DESCRIPTION SYNTAX SYMBOLIC NAMES CHARACTER ENCODING FILES AUTHOR CONFORMING TO SEE ALSO ---- !!NAME charmap - character symbols to define character encodings !!DESCRIPTION A character set description (charmap) defines a characterset 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: '''' is followed by the name of the codeset. '''' is followed by the max number of bytes for a multibyte-character. 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 for defines exactly one character and its encoding. '' '' 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 the ____ 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: '''' with a decimal number '''' with a hexadecimal number '''' with an octal number. !!FILES ''/usr/share/i18n/charmaps/*'' !!AUTHOR Jochen Hein (jochen.hein@delphi.central.de) !!CONFORMING TO POSIX.2 !!SEE ALSO locale(1), localedef(1), setlocale(3), localeconv(3), locale(5) ----
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