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- more precise title - extend description a bit - document previously omitted WIDTH_DEFAULT Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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.TH CHARMAP 5 2014-06-02 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.TH CHARMAP 5 2014-06-02 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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.SH NAME
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charmap \- characters to define character sets
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charmap \- character set description file
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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A character set description (charmap) defines all available characters
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A character set description (charmap) defines all available characters
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and their encodings in a character set.
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and their encodings in a character set.
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.BR localedef (1)
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can use charmaps to create locale variants for different character sets.
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.SS Syntax
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.SS Syntax
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The charmap file starts with a header that may consist of the
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The charmap file starts with a header that may consist of the
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following keywords:
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following keywords:
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The character set definition section may optionally be followed by a
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The character set definition section may optionally be followed by a
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section to define widths of characters.
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section to define widths of characters.
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The width section starts with the keyword
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The
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.B WIDTH_DEFAULT
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keyword can be used to define the default width for all characters
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not explicitly listed.
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The default character width is 1.
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The width section for individual characters starts with the keyword
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.B WIDTH
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.B WIDTH
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in the first column.
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in the first column.
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