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National Language Support Overview

Locales

Subroutines for National Language Support

Code Sets for National Language Support

Single-Byte and Multibyte Code Sets

Unique Code-Point Range

Data Representation

Character Properties

ASCII Characters

Code Set Strategy

Code Set Structure

ISO Code Sets

IBM PC Code Sets

UCS-2 and UTF-8

Related Information

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