Compaq AA-RH8RD-TE Printed-Only Documentation, Writing Software for the International Market

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The Writing Kernel Modules manual provides information for developers who want to augment the kernel with modules tailored to their particular environment.

This manual is also included in the Tru64 UNIX Device Drivers Kit ( Chapter 7).

4.1.15Writing Software for the International Market

Internationalization (often called I18N) is the process of designing or adapting programs to interact with users in their own language and to reflect the culture of the user’s region.

The Writing Software for the International Market manual provides an overview of internationalization concepts. It also provides details about writing internationalized programs, creating and using message catalogs, and developing or customizing locales.

The following topics are among those discussed:

Developing internationalized software

Creating and using message catalogs

Handling wide-character data with curses routines

Creating internationalized X, Xt, and Motif applications

Using internationalized software

Creating locales

Setting up and using user-defined character databases

Setting up and using the Chinese phrase input method

Using DECterm localization features in programs

Also included is a summary of worldwide portability interfaces (WPI) that are defined by Version 5 of the X/Open CAE specification for system interfaces and headers (XSH), and sample locale source files.

This manual is for programmers developing internationalized applications for the Tru64 UNIX operating system.

4.2 Printed-Only Documentation

The documentation described in this section is provided only in printed books and is included in the Tru64 UNIX documentation kits.

4.2.1OSF/Motif Programmer’s Guide

The OSF/Motif Programmer’s Guide (produced by the OSF and published by Prentice Hall) provides programming information on how to use the various

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