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NAME

       iso_8859-2  -  the  ISO  8859-2  character  set encoded in
       octal, decimal, and hexadecimal


DESCRIPTION

       The ISO 8859 standard includes several 8-bit extensions to
       the  ASCII character set (also known as ISO 646-IRV).  ISO
       8859-2, the "Latin Alphabet  No.  2"  is  used  to  encode
       Central  and  Eastern  European  Latin  characters  and is
       implemented by several program vendors.

       ISO 8859-2 supports  the  following  languages:  Albanian,
       Bosnian,   Croatian,   Czech,  English,  Finnish,  German,
       Hungarian, Irish, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian  and
       Sorbian.

       Also note that the following Cyrillic-based languages have
       one-to-one transliterations to  Latin  2:  Macedonian  and
       Serbian.


   ISO 8859 Alphabets
       The full set of ISO 8859 alphabets includes:

       l l.  ISO 8859-1     West European languages (Latin-1) ISO
       8859-2     Central and East European  languages  (Latin-2)
       ISO   8859-3    Southeast   European   and   miscellaneous
       languages  (Latin-3)  ISO   8859-4     Scandinavian/Baltic
       languages   (Latin-4)  ISO  8859-5     Latin/Cyrillic  ISO
       8859-6     Latin/Arabic  ISO  8859-7     Latin/Greek   ISO
       8859-8     Latin/Hebrew       ISO       8859-9     Latin-1
       modification      for      Turkish      (Latin-5)      ISO
       8859-10    Lappish/Nordic/Eskimo  languages  (Latin-6) ISO
       8859-11    Thai  ISO   8859-13    Baltic   Rim   languages
       (Latin-7)     ISO    8859-14    Celtic    (Latin-8)    ISO
       8859-15    West European languages (Latin-9)

   ISO 8859-2 Characters
       The following table displays the characters  in  ISO  8859
       Latin-2,  which are printable and unlisted in the ascii(7)
       manual page.

       l  l  l   c   lp-1.    Oct  Dec  Hex  Char Description   _
       240  160  A0        NO-BREAK                         SPACE
       241  161  A1   i    LATIN CAPITAL  LETTER  A  WITH  OGONEK
       242  162  A2   c    BREVE        243  163  A3   L    LATIN
       CAPITAL LETTER L WITH STROKE  244  164  A4   x    CURRENCY
       SIGN 245  165  A5   Y    LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L WITH CARON
       246  166  A6   |    LATIN  CAPITAL  LETTER  S  WITH  ACUTE
       247  167  A7   S    SECTION                           SIGN
       250  168  A8   "    DIAERESIS    251  169  A9   (C)  LATIN
       CAPITAL  LETTER  S  WITH  CARON  252  170  AA   a    LATIN
       CAPITAL LETTER S  WITH  CEDILLA  253  171  AB   <<   LATIN
       CAPITAL  LETTER  T  WITH  CARON  254  172  AC   ~    LATIN



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       CAPITAL  LETTER  Z  WITH  ACUTE   255  173  AD   -    SOFT
       HYPHEN  256  174  AE _ (R)  LATIN  CAPITAL  LETTER  Z WITH
       CARON 257  175  AF        LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z WITH  DOT
       ABOVE            260  176  B0   o    DEGREE           SIGN
       261  177  B1   +-   LATIN  SMALL  LETTER  A  WITH   OGONEK
       262  178  B2   2    OGONEK 263  179  B3   3    LATIN SMALL
       LETTER  L  WITH  STROKE  264  180  B4   '    ACUTE  ACCENT
       265  181  B5   u    LATIN   SMALL   LETTER  L  WITH  CARON
       266  182  B6   9|   LATIN  SMALL  LETTER  S   WITH   ACUTE
       267  183  B7   .    CARON      270  184  B8   ,    CEDILLA
       271  185  B9   1    LATIN  SMALL  LETTER  S   WITH   CARON
       272  186  BA   o    LATIN  SMALL  LETTER  S  WITH  CEDILLA
       273  187  BB   >>   LATIN  SMALL  LETTER  T   WITH   CARON
       274  188  BC   1/4  LATIN   SMALL   LETTER  Z  WITH  ACUTE
       275  189  BD   1/2  DOUBLE          ACUTE           ACCENT
       276  190  BE   3/4  LATIN   SMALL   LETTER  Z  WITH  CARON
       277  191  BF   c    LATIN SMALL LETTER Z  WITH  DOT  ABOVE
       300  192  C0   A    LATIN  CAPITAL  LETTER  R  WITH  ACUTE
       301  193  C1   A    LATIN  CAPITAL  LETTER  A  WITH  ACUTE
       302  194  C2   A    LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX
       303  195  C3   A    LATIN  CAPITAL  LETTER  A  WITH  BREVE
       304  196  C4   A    LATIN  CAPITAL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS
       305  197  C5   A    LATIN  CAPITAL  LETTER  L  WITH  ACUTE
       306  198  C6   AE   LATIN  CAPITAL  LETTER  C  WITH  ACUTE
       307  199  C7   C    LATIN CAPITAL LETTER  C  WITH  CEDILLA
       310  200  C8   E    LATIN  CAPITAL  LETTER  C  WITH  CARON
       311  201  C9   E    LATIN  CAPITAL  LETTER  E  WITH  ACUTE
       312  202  CA   E    LATIN  CAPITAL  LETTER  E  WITH OGONEK
       313  203  CB   E    LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH  DIAERESIS
       314  204  CC   I    LATIN  CAPITAL  LETTER  E  WITH  CARON
       315  205  CD   I    LATIN  CAPITAL  LETTER  I  WITH  ACUTE
       316  206  CE   I    LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX
       317  207  CF   I    LATIN  CAPITAL  LETTER  D  WITH  CARON
       320  208  D0   D    LATIN  CAPITAL  LETTER  D  WITH STROKE
       321  209  D1   N    LATIN  CAPITAL  LETTER  N  WITH  ACUTE
       322  210  D2   O    LATIN  CAPITAL  LETTER  N  WITH  CARON
       323  211  D3   O    LATIN  CAPITAL  LETTER  O  WITH  ACUTE
       324  212  D4   O    LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX
       325  213  D5   O    LATIN CAPITAL  LETTER  O  WITH  DOUBLE
       ACUTE  326  214  D6   O    LATIN  CAPITAL  LETTER  O  WITH
       DIAERESIS     327  215  D7   x    MULTIPLICATION      SIGN
       330  216  D8   O    LATIN  CAPITAL  LETTER  R  WITH  CARON
       331  217  D9   U    LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH RING ABOVE
       332  218  DA   U    LATIN  CAPITAL  LETTER  U  WITH  ACUTE
       333  219  DB   U    LATIN CAPITAL  LETTER  U  WITH  DOUBLE
       ACUTE  334  220  DC   U    LATIN  CAPITAL  LETTER  U  WITH
       DIAERESIS 335  221  DD   Y    LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y  WITH
       ACUTE  336  222  DE   b    LATIN  CAPITAL  LETTER  T  WITH
       CEDILLA 337  223  DF   B    LATIN  SMALL  LETTER  SHARP  S
       340  224  E0   a    LATIN   SMALL   LETTER  R  WITH  ACUTE
       341  225  E1   a    LATIN  SMALL  LETTER  A   WITH   ACUTE
       342  226  E2   a    LATIN  SMALL  LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX
       343  227  E3   a    LATIN  SMALL  LETTER  A   WITH   BREVE
       344  228  E4   a    LATIN  SMALL  LETTER  A WITH DIAERESIS



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       345  229  E5   a    LATIN  SMALL  LETTER  L   WITH   ACUTE
       346  230  E6   ae   LATIN   SMALL   LETTER  C  WITH  ACUTE
       347  231  E7   c    LATIN  SMALL  LETTER  C  WITH  CEDILLA
       350  232  E8   e    LATIN   SMALL   LETTER  C  WITH  CARON
       351  233  E9   e    LATIN  SMALL  LETTER  E   WITH   ACUTE
       352  234  EA   e    LATIN   SMALL  LETTER  E  WITH  OGONEK
       353  235  EB   e    LATIN SMALL LETTER  E  WITH  DIAERESIS
       354  236  EC   i    LATIN   SMALL   LETTER  E  WITH  CARON
       355  237  ED   i    LATIN  SMALL  LETTER  I   WITH   ACUTE
       356  238  EE   i    LATIN  SMALL  LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX
       357  239  EF   i    LATIN  SMALL  LETTER  D   WITH   CARON
       360  240  F0   o    LATIN   SMALL  LETTER  D  WITH  STROKE
       361  241  F1   n    LATIN  SMALL  LETTER  N   WITH   ACUTE
       362  242  F2   o    LATIN   SMALL   LETTER  N  WITH  CARON
       363  243  F3   o    LATIN  SMALL  LETTER  O   WITH   ACUTE
       364  244  F4   o    LATIN  SMALL  LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX
       365  245  F5   o    LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH DOUBLE ACUTE
       366  246  F6   o    LATIN  SMALL  LETTER  O WITH DIAERESIS
       367  247  F7   -:-  DIVISION                          SIGN
       370  248  F8   o    LATIN   SMALL   LETTER  R  WITH  CARON
       371  249  F9   u    LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH  RING  ABOVE
       372  250  FA   u    LATIN   SMALL   LETTER  U  WITH  ACUTE
       373  251  FB   u    LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH DOUBLE ACUTE
       374  252  FC   u    LATIN  SMALL  LETTER  U WITH DIAERESIS
       375  253  FD   y    LATIN  SMALL  LETTER  Y   WITH   ACUTE
       376  254  FE   b    LATIN  SMALL  LETTER  T  WITH  CEDILLA
       377  255  FF   y    DOT ABOVE


SEE ALSO

       ascii(7), iso_8859_1(7)

       Additional information: ISO  8859-2  (Latin  2)  Resources
       (http://sizif.mf.uni-lj.si/linux/cee/iso8859-2.html).
























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