JavaStation Client Software Guide

Localization Properties

The table below lists properties strictly related to localization.

Note -

The User Properties in Table 4-4 and javaos.mountlist in Table 4-1 are also required for localization.

Table 4-6 JavaOS Localization Properties


Property Name	Default Value	Description
`javaos.font.properties.home`	`/FONTS`	The local path name of a directory that contains a `lib` subdirectory. The `font.properties` files are read from this `lib` directory. The `javaos.mountlist` property is typically used to associate some server path with the `/FONTS` directory to enable the JavaOS software to load and use fonts from a server. For more information, see "Setting Mount Directories ".
`javaos.im.compose.deadkeys`	`false`	This property changes the following keys into accent keys: '(single quote) "(double quote) `(grave accent) and ^(circumflex). Use this property if your keyboard is a U.S. keyboard, you are not setting the `javaos.kbd` property, and you want to produce accented characters for ISO Latin locales. If set to `true`, the above keys do not produce a value of their own, but cause the next key pressed to be an accented character. For example, pressing ` plus "a" produces á. If this property is false, these keys generate their expected values. For more information on this and the following three properties, see "Enabling Special Characters on the U.S. Keyboard".
`javaos.im.compose_ar`	`ISO8859_6`	Enables the U.S. keyboard to produce Arabic input. The Ctrl-t key sequence toggles the keyboard state between Arabic and U.S. ASCII modes. A status window displays the current mode.
`javaos.im.compose_iw`	`ISO8859_8`	Enables the U.S. keyboard to produce Hebrew input. The Ctrl-t key sequence toggles the keyboard state between Hebrew and U.S. ASCII modes. A status window displays the current mode.
`javaos.im.compose_th`	`TIS620`	Enables the U.S. keyboard to produce Thai input. The Ctrl-t key sequence toggles the keyboard state between Thai and U.S. ASCII modes. A status window displays the current mode.
`javaos.im.url`	null	A semicolon-delimited list of the Solaris machines running the language engines to be used by JavaStation computers. A Microsoft Windows95 or Microsoft NT system can also be used if an Internet/Intranet Input Method Protocol (IIIMP) server from Sun for the PC server is installed on it. Set as follows: `iiimp://hostname:port;hostname:port`... where: `hostname` is a system running a language engine `port` is the port at which the engine is located. By default, JavaStation computers use port `9010`. For more information, see "Setting the Input Method ".
`javaos.loginLocaleList`	`en_US`	A semicolon-separated list of the locales to be presented as choices to the user at login. A locale is defined using one of the ISO-639 standard two-letter codes that define `user.language` followed by an underscore character "_" and one of the ISO-3166 standard two-letter codes that define `user.country`. For example: `-djavaos.loginLocaleList=\ en_US;fr_FR;ja_JP;zh_CN;zh_TW` For more information, see "Modifying the Languages Displayed at Login".
`javaos.kbd`	null	By default, the JavaOS software assumes the keyboard is a U.S. keyboard. To enable a different keyboard, use the syntax `javaos.kbd=keyboard`. Possible values for `keyboard` are provided in "Adding a Keyboard".
`javaos.im.lookup.button`	`false`	This property controls how the JavaStation user selects characters when using a Korean, Japanese, or Chinese input method. If `false`, when the list of candidate characters is displayed, letters are used to indicate each choice, and the user selects a choice by typing the letter. If `true`, letters are replaced with buttons so that the user clicks on a button to pick a choice. Note that enabling this option will negatively impact user input performance. For more information, see "Setting the Input Method ".
`javaos.im.status.fixpopup`	false	Setting this property to `true` enables a pop-up window with input method status information. For more information, see "Setting the Input Method ".
`file.encoding`	`8859_1`	This system property sets the character set to be used when files are saved. By default it is set to the 8859-1 character set (Roman alphabet). Supported character sets are listed in Table 10-5.
`doc.url`	null	This system property enables JavaStation users to access HotJava Browser documentation. It should be set as follows: `-Ddoc.url=file:/REMOTE/hotjava` HotJava Browser automatically locates the document translation for the current locale. This property is not applicable for any JavaStation application other than HotJava Browser.