ISO_8859-1(7)       Linux Programmer's Manual       ISO_8859-1(7)



NAME

       iso_8859-1  -  the  ISO  8859-1  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).
       Especially important is ISO 8859-1,  the  "Latin  Alphabet
       No.  1",  which  has  become  widely  implemented  and may
       already  be  seen   as   the   de-facto   standard   ASCII
       replacement.

       ISO  8859-1  supports  the following languages: Afrikaans,
       Basque,  Catalan,  Danish,   Dutch,   English,   Faeroese,
       Finnish,   French,  Galician,  German,  Icelandic,  Irish,
       Italian, Norwegian,  Portuguese,  Scottish,  Spanish,  and
       Swedish.

       Note that the ISO 8859-1 characters are also the first 256
       characters of ISO 10646 (Unicode).

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

       l l.  ISO 8859-1     west European languages (Latin-1) ISO
       8859-2     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 8859-1 Characters
       The  following  table  displays the characters in ISO 8859
       Latin-1, 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    INVERTED        EXCLAMATION       MARK
       242  162  A2   c    CENT  SIGN   243  163  A3   L    POUND
       SIGN           244  164  A4   x    CURRENCY           SIGN
       245  165  A5   Y    YEN  SIGN   246  166  A6   |    BROKEN
       BAR            247  167  A7   S    SECTION            SIGN
       250  168  A8   "    DIAERESIS
       251  169  A9   (C)  COPYRIGHT                         SIGN
       252  170  AA   a    FEMININE       ORDINAL       INDICATOR
       253  171  AB   <<   LEFT-POINTING  DOUBLE  ANGLE QUOTATION
       MARK 254  172  AC   ~    NOT SIGN 255  173  AD   -    SOFT



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       HYPHEN         _56  174  AE   (R)  REGISTERED         SIGN
       257  175  AF        MACRON 260  176  B0   o    DEGREE SIGN
       261  177  B1   +-   PLUS-MINUS                        SIGN
       262  178  B2   2    SUPERSCRIPT                        TWO
       263  179  B3   3    SUPERSCRIPT                      THREE
       264  180  B4   '    ACUTE ACCENT 265  181  B5   u    MICRO
       SIGN            266  182  B6   9|   PILCROW           SIGN
       267  183  B7   .    MIDDLE DOT 270  184  B8   ,    CEDILLA
       271  185  B9   1    SUPERSCRIPT                        ONE
       272  186  BA   o    MASCULINE      ORDINAL       INDICATOR
       273  187  BB   >>   RIGHT-POINTING  DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION
       MARK  274  188  BC   1/4  VULGAR  FRACTION   ONE   QUARTER
       275  189  BD   1/2  VULGAR      FRACTION      ONE     HALF
       276  190  BE   3/4  VULGAR   FRACTION    THREE    QUARTERS
       277  191  BF   c    INVERTED         QUESTION         MARK
       300  192  C0   A    LATIN  CAPITAL  LETTER  A  WITH  GRAVE
       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  TILDE
       304  196  C4   A    LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH  DIAERESIS
       305  197  C5   A    LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE
       306  198  C6   AE   LATIN      CAPITAL      LETTER      AE
       307  199  C7   C    LATIN  CAPITAL  LETTER  C WITH CEDILLA
       310  200  C8   E    LATIN  CAPITAL  LETTER  E  WITH  GRAVE
       311  201  C9   E    LATIN  CAPITAL  LETTER  E  WITH  ACUTE
       312  202  CA   E    LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH CIRCUMFLEX
       313  203  CB   E    LATIN  CAPITAL LETTER E WITH DIAERESIS
       314  204  CC   I    LATIN  CAPITAL  LETTER  I  WITH  GRAVE
       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 I WITH DIAERESIS
       320  208  D0   D    LATIN     CAPITAL      LETTER      ETH
       321  209  D1   N    LATIN  CAPITAL  LETTER  N  WITH  TILDE
       322  210  D2   O    LATIN  CAPITAL  LETTER  O  WITH  GRAVE
       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  TILDE
       326  214  D6   O    LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH  DIAERESIS
       327  215  D7   x    MULTIPLICATION                    SIGN
       330  216  D8   O    LATIN CAPITAL  LETTER  O  WITH  STROKE
       331  217  D9   U    LATIN  CAPITAL  LETTER  U  WITH  GRAVE
       332  218  DA   U    LATIN  CAPITAL  LETTER  U  WITH  ACUTE
       333  219  DB   U    LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH CIRCUMFLEX
       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     THORN
       337  223  DF   B    LATIN    SMALL    LETTER    SHARP    S
       340  224  E0   a    LATIN  SMALL  LETTER  A   WITH   GRAVE
       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  TILDE
       344  228  E4   a    LATIN SMALL LETTER  A  WITH  DIAERESIS
       345  229  E5   a    LATIN  SMALL  LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE
       346  230  E6   ae   LATIN      SMALL       LETTER       AE



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       347  231  E7   c    LATIN  SMALL  LETTER  C  WITH  CEDILLA
       350  232  E8   e    LATIN  SMALL  LETTER  E   WITH   GRAVE
       351  233  E9   e    LATIN   SMALL   LETTER  E  WITH  ACUTE
       352  234  EA   e    LATIN SMALL LETTER E  WITH  CIRCUMFLEX
       353  235  EB   e    LATIN  SMALL  LETTER  E WITH DIAERESIS
       354  236  EC   i    LATIN  SMALL  LETTER  I   WITH   GRAVE
       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  I WITH DIAERESIS
       360  240  F0   o    LATIN      SMALL      LETTER       ETH
       361  241  F1   n    LATIN   SMALL   LETTER  N  WITH  TILDE
       362  242  F2   o    LATIN  SMALL  LETTER  O   WITH   GRAVE
       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  TILDE
       366  246  F6   o    LATIN SMALL LETTER  O  WITH  DIAERESIS
       367  247  F7   -:-  DIVISION                          SIGN
       370  248  F8   o    LATIN  SMALL  LETTER  O  WITH   STROKE
       371  249  F9   u    LATIN   SMALL   LETTER  U  WITH  GRAVE
       372  250  FA   u    LATIN  SMALL  LETTER  U   WITH   ACUTE
       373  251  FB   u    LATIN  SMALL  LETTER U WITH CIRCUMFLEX
       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      THORN
       377  255  FF   y    LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH DIAERESIS


SEE ALSO

       ascii(7), iso_8859_15(7)





























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