About This Book

National Language Support Overview

Locales

Understanding Locale

Understanding Locale Categories

Understanding Locale Environment Variables

Understanding the Character Set Description (charmap) Source File

Understanding the Locale Definition Source File

Multibyte Subroutines

Wide Character Subroutines

Bidirectionality and Character Shaping

Code Set Independence

File Name Matching

Radix Character Handling

Programming Model

Subroutines for National Language Support

Code Sets for National Language Support

Converters Overview for Programming

Input Methods

Message Facility

Culture-Specific Data Handling

Appendix A. National Language Support (NLS) Reference

Appendix B. Character Maps

Appendix C. NLS Sample Program

Appendix D. Use of the libcur Package

Appendix E. Notices

Index