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diff --git a/man5/charmap.5 b/man5/charmap.5 deleted file mode 100644 index c4e02aad7..000000000 --- a/man5/charmap.5 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,105 +0,0 @@ -.\" Copyright (C) 1994 Jochen Hein (Hein@Student.TU-Clausthal.de) -.\" -.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later -.\" -.TH charmap 5 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" -.SH NAME -charmap \- character set description file -.SH DESCRIPTION -A character set description (charmap) defines all available characters -and their encodings in a character set. -.BR localedef (1) -can use charmaps to create locale variants for different character sets. -.SS Syntax -The charmap file starts with a header that may consist of the -following keywords: -.TP -.RI < code_set_name > -is followed by the name of the character map. -.TP -.RI < 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 (#). -.TP -.RI < 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 (\e). -.TP -.RI < mb_cur_max > -is followed by the maximum number of bytes for a character. -The default value is 1. -.TP -.RI < mb_cur_min > -is followed by the minimum number of bytes for a character. -This value must be less than or equal than -.RI < mb_cur_max >. -If not specified, it defaults to -.RI < mb_cur_max >. -.PP -The character set definition section starts with the keyword -.I CHARMAP -in the first column. -.PP -The following lines may have one of the two following forms to -define the character set: -.TP -.RI < character >\ byte-sequence\ comment -This form defines exactly one character and its byte sequence, -.I comment -being optional. -.TP -.RI < character >..< character >\ byte-sequence\ comment -This form defines a character range and its byte sequence, -.I comment -being optional. -.PP -The character set definition section ends with the string -.IR "END CHARMAP" . -.PP -The character set definition section may optionally be followed by a -section to define widths of characters. -.PP -The -.I WIDTH_DEFAULT -keyword can be used to define the default width for all characters -not explicitly listed. -The default character width is 1. -.PP -The width section for individual characters starts with the keyword -.I WIDTH -in the first column. -.PP -The following lines may have one of the two following forms to -define the widths of the characters: -.TP -.RI < character >\ width -This form defines the width of exactly one character. -.TP -.RI < character >...< character >\ width -This form defines the width for all the characters in the range. -.PP -The width definition section ends with the string -.IR "END WIDTH" . -.SH FILES -.TP -.I /usr/share/i18n/charmaps -Usual default character map path. -.SH STANDARDS -POSIX.2. -.SH EXAMPLES -The Euro sign is defined as follows in the -.I UTF\-8 -charmap: -.PP -.nf -<U20AC> /xe2/x82/xac EURO SIGN -.fi -.SH SEE ALSO -.BR iconv (1), -.BR locale (1), -.BR localedef (1), -.BR locale (5), -.BR charsets (7) |