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charmap(4)							    charmap(4)

NAME
       charmap - symbolic translation file for localedef scripts

SYNOPSIS
       charmap

DESCRIPTION
       Invoking	 the  command  with  the  option  causes symbolic names in the
       locale description file to be translated into the  encodings  given  in
       the  charmap  file  (see localedef(1M)).	 As a recommendation, a locale
       description file should be written completely with symbolic names.

       The charmap file has three sections: a declarations section, a  charac‐
       ter definition section, and an optional width specification section.

   Declarations Section
       Declarations can precede the character definitions.

       Each consists of the symbol (including the surrounding angle brackets),
       followed by one or more blanks (or tabs or space characters),  followed
       by the value of the symbol.

       Certain	declarations  are  required  for multibyte character codesets.
       For single-byte codesets, all are optional.

       Following is a list of possible declarations:

       value

	      Used to declare the name of the coded character  set  for	 which
	      the  charmap  file  is  defined.	 This  keyword is required for
	      multibyte character codesets.  For HP15 encoding	scheme,	 needs
	      to  be  part  of the name.  For EUC encoding scheme, needs to be
	      part of the name.

       value

	      Used to declare the cswidth parameter of the coded character set
	      for which the charmap file is defined (see eucset(1)).

       value

	      Used to declare the maximum number of bytes in a multibyte char‐
	      acter.  Defaults to 1 if not  given.   For  multibyte  character
	      codesets, this keyword must be specified.

       value

	      Used  to	declare the minimum number of bytes in a character for
	      the encoded character set.  The value must be less than or equal
	      to If not given, the default is equal to

       value

	      Used  to	declare	 the escape character, which is used to escape
	      characters that otherwise would have special  meaning.   If  not
	      given, the default is backslash

       value

	      Used  to	declare	 the comment character, which is used to begin
	      comments and should be placed in column one of the charmap file.
	      If not given, the default is the character.

   Character Definition Section
       The  character-set mapping definitions immediately follow an identifier
       line containing the string and precede a trailer line consisting of the
       string  (Empty lines and lines beginning with the comment character are
       ignored.)

       The character definitions are of two forms.

       The first form defines a single character and its encoding:

	      encoding

       A symbolic_name is one or more visible  characters  from	 the  portable
       character  set  as  specified  by  XPG,	enclosed  in  angle  brackets.
       Metacharacters such as angle brackets, escape  characters,  or  comment
       characters  must	 be escaped if they are used in the name.  Two or more
       symbolic names can be given for the same encoding.

       The encoding is a character constant in one of four forms:

	      decimal	     An escape character followed by the  letter  fol‐
			     lowed by one to three decimal digits.

	      octal	     An	 escape	 character  followed  by  one to three
			     octal digits.

	      hexadecimal    An escape character followed by  an  followed  by
			     two hexadecimal digits.

	      Unicode	     An	 escape	 character  followed  by a followed by
			     four or five hexadecimal digits.	This  encoding
			     form can only be used when the option of the com‐
			     mand is specified.

       Multibyte characters are represented by the concatenation of  character
       constants.  All constants used in the encoding of a multibyte character
       must be of the same form.

       The second form defines a range of characters consisting of all charac‐
       ters from the first symbolic name to the second, inclusive:

	      ...  encoding

       The  symbolic  name  must  consist of one or more nonnumeric characters
       followed by an integer formed of one or more decimal digits.  The inte‐
       ger  part  of  the second symbolic name must be larger than that of the
       first.  The range is then interpreted as a list of symbolic names  con‐
       sisting	of  the	 same  character portion and successive integer values
       from the first through the last.	 These names are  assigned  successive
       encodings starting with the one given.

       For example, the character definition line

       is equivalent to:

   Width Specification
       The following declarations can follow the character set mapping defini‐
       tions (after the statement).  Each consists  of	one  of	 the  keywords
       shown  in  the  following  list,	 starting in column 1, followed by the
       value(s) associated with the keyword, as defined below.

	      A positive integer value (either 1 or  2)	 defining  the	column
	      width for the
			     printable	character  in  the coded character set
			     mapping definitions.  Coded character set charac‐
			     ter  values  are defined using symbolic character
			     names followed by column width values.   Defining
			     a character with more than one produces undefined
			     results.  The keyword is used  to	terminate  the
			     definitions.   Specifying	the  width  of	a non-
			     printable character  in  a	 declaration  produces
			     undefined	results.   Ellipses  (...) can be used
			     between two symbolic character names to specify a
			     range of characters.

	      A	 positive  integer value defining the default column width for
	      any
			     printable character not listed by one of the key‐
			     words.  If no keyword is included in the charmap,
			     the default character width is 1.

EXAMPLES
       For examples, see any of the files under the directory.

       After the statement, a syntax for a width definition would be:

       WIDTH
       <A>	       1
       <B>	       1
       <C>...<Z>       1
       ...
       <wc1>...<wcn>   2
       END WIDTH

       In this example, the numerical code point  values  represented  by  the
       symbols	<A>  and <B> are assigned a width of 1.	 The code point values
       <C> to <Z> inclusive, that is, <C>, <D>,	 <E>,  and  so	on,  are  also
       assigned	 a  width  of  1.   Using  <A>...<Z> would have required fewer
       lines, but the alternative was shown to demonstrate  flexibility.   The
       keyword could have been added as appropriate.

SEE ALSO
       eucset(1), localedef(1M), localedef(4).

STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
								    charmap(4)
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