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About This Manual

This guide provides Japanese-specific information, such as character sets and locales, for end users and programmers so that they can use and develop internationalized applications in Japanese locales on the Compaq Tru64 UNIX operating system. Details of the Japanese features are also documented in this guide.


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Intended Audience

This guide is intended for new and experienced end users and programmers who are interested in the Japanese variant of the Compaq Tru64 UNIX operating system.


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Structure of This Guide

This guide consists of nine chapters:

Chapter 1

Character Sets
Describes the Japanese character sets supported in the Compaq Tru64 UNIX operating system

Chapter 2

Codesets and Codeset Conversion
Describes the Japanese codesets

Chapter 3

Locales
Describes the Japanese locales

Chapter 4

Local Language Devices
Describes the hardware devices that support the Japanese locales

Chapter 5

Fonts
Provides information on Japanese fonts

Chapter 6

Keyboards
Provides information on Japanese keyboards

Chapter 7

Japanese Input Methods
Describes how to input Japanese characters

Chapter 8

Japanese Printing Support
Introduces Japanese printing support.

Chapter 9

Other Japanese Features
Describes other Japanese features


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Related Documents

Writing Software for the International Market

Programming for the World: A Guide to Internationalization, Sandra Martin O'Donnell, Prentice Hall, 1994

OSF/Motif User's Guide Revision 1.2, Open Software Foundation, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 07632

OSF/Motif Style Guide Revision 1.2, Open Software Foundation, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 07632

X Window System, Third Edition, Robert W. Scheifler and James Gettys, Digital Press

Programmer's Supplement for Release 5 of the X Window System, Version 11, David Flanagan, O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.

The Unicode Standard, Version 2.0, Unicode Inc., Addison Wesley, 1996

Information Technology-Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set, ISO/IEC 10646: 1993


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Conventions

The following typographical conventions are used in this manual:

%
$

A percent sign represents the C shell system prompt. A dollar sign represents the system prompt for the Bourne and Korn shell.

#

A number sign represents the superuser prompt.

% cat

Boldface type in interactive examples indicates typed user input.

file

Italic (slanted) type indicates variable values, placeholders, and function argument names.

[ | ]
{ | }

In syntax definitions, brackets indicate items that are optional and braces indicate items that are required. Vertical bars separating items inside brackets or braces indicate that you choose one item from among those listed.

. . .

In syntax definitions, a horizontal ellipsis indicates that the preceding item can be repeated one or more times.

cat(1)

A cross-reference to a reference page includes the appropriate section number in parentheses. For example, cat(1) indicates that you can find information on the cat command in Section 1 of the reference pages.

[RETURN]

In an example, a key name enclosed in a box indicates that you press that key.

Ctrl/x

This symbol indicates that you hold down the first named key while pessing the key or mouse button that follows the slash. In examples, this key combination is enclosed in a box (for example [Ctrl/C]).


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