groff: Input Encodings
5.1.7 Input Encodings
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Currently, the following input encodings are available.
cp1047
This input encoding works only on EBCDIC platforms (and vice versa,
the other input encodings don't work with EBCDIC); the file
'cp1047.tmac' is by default loaded at start-up.
latin-1
This is the default input encoding on non-EBCDIC platforms; the
file 'latin1.tmac' is loaded at start-up.
latin-2
To use this encoding, either say '.mso latin2.tmac' at the very
beginning of your document or use '-mlatin2' as a command line
argument for 'groff'.
latin-5
For Turkish. Either say '.mso latin9.tmac' at the very beginning
of your document or use '-mlatin9' as a command line argument for
'groff'.
latin-9 (latin-0)
This encoding is intended (at least in Europe) to replace latin-1
encoding. The main difference to latin-1 is that latin-9 contains
the Euro character. To use this encoding, either say
'.mso latin9.tmac' at the very beginning of your document or use
'-mlatin9' as a command line argument for 'groff'.
Note that it can happen that some input encoding characters are not
available for a particular output device. For example, saying
groff -Tlatin1 -mlatin9 ...
fails if you use the Euro character in the input. Usually, this
limitation is present only for devices that have a limited set of output
glyphs (e.g. '-Tascii' and '-Tlatin1'); for other devices it is usually
sufficient to install proper fonts that contain the necessary glyphs.
Due to the importance of the Euro glyph in Europe, the groff package
now comes with a POSTSCRIPT font called 'freeeuro.pfa', which provides
various glyph shapes for the Euro. In other words, latin-9 encoding is
supported for the '-Tps' device out of the box (latin-2 isn't).
By its very nature, '-Tutf8' supports all input encodings; '-Tdvi'
has support for both latin-2 and latin-9 if the command line '-mec' is
used also to load the file 'ec.tmac' (which flips to the EC fonts).
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