Other Localized Features

The following list summarizes key features of the Korean Solaris 8 operating environment:

• Contains the Korean Solaris operating environment, CDE, and OpenWindows

• Supports multibyte and wide characters

• Supports multiple character sets

• Supports different Korean coding conventions for the KS C 5601 and KS C 5700 character sets or file names and contents, terminals (TTY) and email contents, display messages, etc.

• Uses the regular Sun keyboards or the Hangul keyboard.

• Supports dedicated Korean input methods

• Uses Korean fonts for output with CDE facilities

• Interfaces with major existing equipment, using Completion code, Combination code, and the new Korean standard code (KS C 5601-1987, KS C 5601-1992, and KS C 5700-1995)

• Incorporates an open interface that allows system programmers to use their own Korean input conversion modules and font files

• Implements the ANSI C setlocale library to internationalize existing applications and to customize applications for local cultural conventions

• Provides Korean bitmap and scalable fonts

• Supports Korean input and output at the Xlib and toolkit level, including Motif toolkits

• Supports Korean messages for operating system commands, libraries, and applications

• Provides localized installation

• Provides localized Solaris Desktop Tools^TM that display Korean labels and messages; also supports user input of Korean text, file names, etc.