Asian-Language Support in the Solaris Operating Environment

Appendix A Product Overview

The following tables show features for the Common Desktop Environment (CDE), Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean Solaris 8 operating environment.

A.1 Common Desktop Environment (CDE) Deskset

Table A-1 lists the CDE Deskset tools and Table A-2 lists the Asian printing tools.

Table A-1 CDE Deskset Tools

DeskSet Tool 

Features 

Style Manager 

Provides interactive customization of visual elements and system behavior for the desktop 

Calendar 

Enables group scheduling over the network, displays appointments and to-do items, sends automatic reminders using electronic mail 

Mailer 

Write, send, receive, and organize mail files including audio, image, and document files using simple drag-and-drop method 

File Manager 

Graphical way to navigate local and remote file systems: view, copy, or move files and documents, launch applications by point and click 

Printer 

An intuitive interface to UNIX printing utilities 

Tape Tool 

Interface to UNIX tape archiving and retrieval utilities 

Performance Meters 

Allows system use to be monitored graphically 

Audio Tool 

An application to record, playback, and edit audio files 

Image Tool 

View files in popular graphic formats such as PostScript or TIFF 

Text Editor 

An interactive text editor with mouse-based graphical interface 

Snapshot 

Capture a black-and-white, grayscale, or color snapshot of the screen 

Clock 

Displays the current time in a window or icon for any time zone around the world 

Icon Editor 

A pixel editor that allows creation of customized icon images 

Command/Shell Tool 

Standard UNIX shell that accepts SunOSTM system software commands 

sdtudctool  

Tool for registering user-defined characters 

Table A-2 Asian Printing Tools

Asian Printing Tools 

Features 

xetops 

Used in EUC/CSI locales to print Asian text files: xetops Asian_Text_File |lp

mp 

Used in UTF-8 locales to print all UTF-8 characters: mp UTF-8_File |lp

For more information, see the appropriate man pages.

A.2 Simplified Chinese Solaris 8 Operating Environment Features

Table A-3 to Table A-6 give an overview of the Simplified Chinese Solaris 8 operating environment features.

Table A-3 Simplified Chinese Codesets

Locale Name 

Description 

Supported Character Set 

zh 

Simplified Chinese (EUC)  

GB 2312-1980 

zh.GBK 

Simplified Chinese (GBK)  

GBK  

zh.UTF-8 

Simplified Chinese (UTF-8)  

Unicode 3.0 

Table A-4 Simplified Chinese Input Methods

Locale Name 

Input Methods 

zh, zh.GBK, zh.UTF-8 

New QuanPin 

zh, zh.GBK, zh.UTF-8 

New ShuangPin 

zh, zh.GBK, zh.UTF-8 

Quanpy 

zh 

PinYin 

zh 

Stroke 

zh 

Golden 

zh 

Intelligent PinYin 

zh 

Simplified Chinese Symbol 

zh.GBK, zh.UTF-8 

GBK Code 

zh.GBK, zh.UTF-8 

Japanese 

zh.GBK, zh.UTF-8 

Hanja 

zh.GBK, zh.UTF-8 

Zhuyin 

zh.UTF-8 

Unicode Hex and Unicode Octal 

Table A-5 Simplified Chinese Fonts

Locale Name 

Full Family Name 

Format 

zh, zh.GBK 

Fangson 

TrueType 

zh, zh.GBK 

Hei 

TrueType 

zh, zh.GBK 

Kai 

TrueType 

zh, zh.GBK 

Song 

TrueType 

zh, zh.GBK 

Song 

PCF (12,14,16,20,24) 

Table A-6 Simplified Chinese Codeset Conversions

Locale Name 

Codeset Conversion Supported 

zh, zh.GBK, zh.UTF-8 

GB2312-80 

zh, zh.GBK, zh.UTF-8 

ISO-2022-7 

zh, zh.GBK, zh.UTF-8 

ISO-2022-CN 

zh, zh.GBK, zh.UTF-8 

UTF-8 

zh, zh.GBK, zh.UTF-8 

GBK 

zh, zh.GBK, zh.UTF-8 

BIG5 

zh, zh.GBK, zh.UTF-8 

HZ-GB-2312 

A.3 Traditional Chinese Solaris 8 Operating Environment Features

Table A-7 to Table A-10 give an overview of the Traditional Chinese Solaris 8 operating environment features.

Table A-7 Traditional Chinese Codesets

Locale Name 

Description 

Supported Character Set 

zh_TW 

Traditional Chinese (EUC)  

CNS 11643 1992 

zh_TW.BIG5 

Traditional Chinese (BIG5)  

BIG5  

zh_TW.UTF-8 

Traditional Chinese (UTF-8)  

Unicode 3.0 

Table A-8 Traditional Chinese Input Methods

Locale Name 

Input Methods 

zh_TW, zh_TW.BIG5, zh_TW.UTF-8 

Chuyin 

zh_TW, zh_TW.BIG5, zh_TW.UTF-8 

I-Tien 

zh_TW, zh_TW.BIG5, zh_TW.UTF-8 

Telecode 

zh_TW, zh_TW.BIG5, zh_TW.UTF-8 

TsangChieh 

zh_TW, zh_TW.BIG5, zh_TW.UTF-8 

CheinI 

zh_TW, zh_TW.BIG5, zh_TW.UTF-8 

NeiMA 

zh_TW, zh_TW.BIG5, zh_TW.UTF-8 

ChuangHsing 

zh_TW, zh_TW.BIG5, zh_TW.UTF-8 

Array 

zh_TW, zh_TW.BIG5, zh_TW.UTF-8 

BoShiaMy 

zh_TW, zh_TW.BIG5, zh_TW.UTF-8 

DaYi 

zh_TW.UTF-8 

Unicode Hex and Unicode Octal 

Table A-9 Traditional Chinese Fonts

Locale Name 

Full Family Name 

Format 

zh_TW, zh_TW.BIG5 

Hei 

TrueType 

zh_TW, zh_TW.BIG5 

Kai 

TrueType 

zh_TW, zh_TW.BIG5 

Ming 

TrueType 

zh_TW, zh_TW.BIG5 

Ming 

PCF (12,14,16,20,24) 

Table A-10 Traditional Chinese Codeset Conversions

Locale Name 

Codeset Conversion Supported 

zh_TW, zh_TW.BIG5, zh_TW.UTF-8 

CNS 11643 

zh_TW, zh_TW.BIG5, zh_TW.UTF-8 

BIG5 

zh_TW, zh_TW.BIG5, zh_TW.UTF-8 

ISO-2022-7 

zh_TW, zh_TW.BIG5, zh_TW.UTF-8 

ISO-2022-CN-EXT 

zh_TW, zh_TW.BIG5, zh_TW.UTF-8 

UTF-8 

zh_TW, zh_TW.BIG5, zh_TW.UTF-8 

BIG5 Plus 

A.4 Japanese Solaris 8 Operating Environment Features

Table A-11 to Table A-14 give an overview of the Japanese Solaris 8 operating environment features.

Table A-11 Japanese Codesets

Locale Name 

Description 

Supported Character Set 

ja 

Japanese (EUC)  

JIS x 0201, JIS x 0208, JIS x 0212, UDC, VDC 

ja_JP.PCK 

Japanese (PCK)  

JIS x 0201, JIS x 0208, UDC, VDC 

ja_JP.UTF-8 

Japanese (UTF-8)  

Unicode 3.0 

Table A-12 Japanese Input Methods

Locale Name 

Input Methods 

ja, ja_JP.PCK, ja_JP.UTF-8 

ATOK12 

ja, ja_JP.PCK, ja_JP.UTF-8 

Wnn6 

ja, ja_JP.PCK, ja_JP.UTF-8 

cs00 

ja, ja_JP.PCK, ja_JP.UTF-8 

ATOK8 

ja_JP.UTF-8 

Unicode Hex and Unicode Octal 

Table A-13 Japanese Fonts

Full Family Name 

Format 

hg gothic b 

True Type 

hg mincho 1 

True Type 

heiseimin 

True Type 

gothich 

PCF (12,14,16,20,24) 

minchou 

PCF (12,14,16,20,24) 

hg gothic b 

PCF (12,14,16,20,24) 

hg minchou 1 

PCF (12,14,16,20,24) 

heiseimin 

PCF (12,14,16,20,24) 

Table A-14 Japanese Codeset Conversions

Locale Name 

Codeset Conversion Supported 

ja, ja_JP.PCK, ja_JP.UTF-8 

eucJP 

ja, ja_JP.PCK, ja_JP.UTF-8 

SJIS 

ja, ja_JP.PCK, ja_JP.UTF-8 

PCK 

ja, ja_JP.PCK, ja_JP.UTF-8 

ISO-2022-JP 

ja, ja_JP.PCK, ja_JP.UTF-8 

UTF-8 

ja, ja_JP.PCK, ja_JP.UTF-8 

JIS7 

ja, ja_JP.PCK, ja_JP.UTF-8 

jis 

ja, ja_JP.PCK, ja_JP.UTF-8 

ibmj 

ja, ja_JP.PCK, ja_JP.UTF-8 

UTF-8-Java  

ja, ja_JP.PCK, ja_JP.UTF-8 

ibmj-EBCDIK 

ja, ja_JP.PCK, ja_JP.UTF-8 

ibm-930 

ja, ja_JP.PCK, ja_JP.UTF-8 

ibm-931 

ja, ja_JP.PCK, ja_JP.UTF-8 

ibm-939 

ja, ja_JP.PCK, ja_JP.UTF-8 

ibm-5026 

ja, ja_JP.PCK, ja_JP.UTF-8 

ibm-5035 

ja, ja_JP.PCK, ja_JP.UTF-8 

ms-932 

ja, ja_JP.PCK, ja_JP.UTF-8 

UTF-8-ms932 

A.5 Korean Solaris 8 Operating Environment Features

Table A-15 to Table A-18 give an overview of the Korean Solaris 8 operating environment features.

Table A-15 Korean Codesets

Locale Name 

Description 

Supported Character Set 

ko 

Korean (EUC)  

KS C 5601-1992 

ko.UTF-8 

Korean (UTF-8)  

Unicode 3.0  

Table A-16 Korean Input Methods

Locale Name 

Input Methods 

ko, ko.UTF-8 

Hangul 2-BeolSik (1 set of consonants and 1 set of vowels ) 

ko, ko.UTF-8 

Hangul-Hanja conversion 

ko, ko.UTF-8 

Special character 

ko.UTF-8 

Unicode Hex and Unicode Octal 

Table A-17 Korean Fonts

Locale Name 

Full Family Name 

Format 

ko, ko.UTF-8 

Gothic 

TrueType 

ko, ko.UTF-8 

Haeso 

TrueType 

ko, ko.UTF-8 

Kodig 

TrueType 

ko, ko.UTF-8 

Myeongijo 

TrueType 

ko, ko.UTF-8 

Roundgothic 

TrueType 

ko, ko.UTF-8 

Gothic 

PCF (14,16,18,20,24) 

ko, ko.UTF-8 

Graphic 

PCF (14,16,18,20,24) 

ko, ko.UTF-8 

Haeso 

PCF (14,16,18,20,24) 

ko, ko.UTF-8 

Kodig 

PCF (14,16,18,20,24) 

ko, ko.UTF-8 

Myeongijo 

PCF (14,16,18,20,24) 

ko, ko.UTF-8 

Pilki 

PCF (14,16,18,20,24) 

ko, ko.UTF-8 

Roundgothic 

PCF (14,16,18,20,24) 

Table A-18 Korean Codeset Conversions

Locale Name 

Codeset Conversion Supported 

ko, ko.UTF-8 

KSC 5601-1987 

ko, ko.UTF-8 

ISO 646 

ko, ko.UTF-8 

UTF-8 

ko, ko.UTF-8 

IBM CP933 

ko, ko.UTF-8 

ISO 2022-KR 

ko, ko.UTF-8 

KSC 5601-1987-Johap 

ko, ko.UTF-8 

KSC 5601-1992-Johap 

ko, ko.UTF-8 

Unified Hangul 

A.5.1 Korean Dictionary Tools

Hanja Tool expands the capabilities of the standard Korean Solaris operating environment hangul-hanja conversion mode by adding hanja ideograms and managing available lookup choices for hangul-hanja conversion. It works only with words of more than one syllable.