For More Information

For more information, see CAE Specification: Portable Layout Services: Context-dependent and Directional Text. The Open Group: Feb 1997; ISBN 1-85912-142-X; document number C616.

This document describes a set of portable functions for handling context-dependent and bidirectional text transformations as a logical extension to the existing POSIX locale model. It is intended for system and application programmers who want to provide support for complex-text languages.