Solaris Internationalization Guide For Developers

Summary of Asian Locales

Table 3-6 shows the Asian locales supported by these Asian products.

Table 3-5 Summary of Asian Locales


CD Set	Locale Name	Description	Supported Character Set
Korean	ko UTF-8	Korean (UTF-8 locale)	KS C 5601-1992 KS C 5700-1995

Simplified Chinese	zh GBK	Simplified Chinese ()EUC) Simplified Chinese (GBK )	GB 2312-1980 GBK

Traditional Chinese	zh_TW zh_TW.BIG5	Traditional Chinese (EUC) Traditional Chinese (BIG5)	CNS 11643 1992 BIG5

Japanese	ja ja_JP.PCK ja_JP.UTF-8	Japanese EUC Japanese PCK [ja_JP.PCK doesn't support JIS x 0212-1990] Japanese UTF-8	JIS x 0201-1976 JIS x 0208-1990 JIS x 0212-1990 VDC [VDC: Vendor Defined Character. VDCs occupy unused (reserved) code points of JIS X 0208-1990 or JIS X 0212-1990] UDC [UDC: User Defined Character. UDCs occupy unused (reserved) code points of JIS X 0208-1990 or JIS X 0212-1990 (also unused for VDCs.)]

Korean in the Solaris 7 Product

In December 1995, the Korean government announced a standard Korean codeset, KSC-5700, which is based on ISO-10646-1/Unicode 2.0. The standard codeset replaces KSC 5601, which was based on ISO-2022.

The ISO-10646 character set uses 2 (UCS-2; Universal Character Set two-byte form) or 4 (UCS-4) bytes to represent each character.

The ISO-10646 character set cannot be used directly on IBM-PC-based operating systems. For example, the kernel and many other modules of the Solaris operating environment interpret certain byte values as control instructions, such as a null character (0x00) in any string. The ISO-10646 character set can be encoded with any bit combinations in the first or subsequent bytes. The ISO-10646 characters cannot be freely transmitted through the Solaris system with these limitations. In order to establish a migration path, the ISO-10646 character set defines the UCS Transformation Format (UTF), which recodes the ISO-10646 characters without using C0 controls (0x00..0x1F), C1 controls (0x80..0x9F), space (0x20), and DEL (0x7F).

The ko.UTF-8 is a Solaris locale to support KSC-5700, the Korean standard codeset. It supports all characters in the previous KSC 5601 and all 11,172 Korean characters. Korean UTF-8 supports the Korean language-related ISO-10646 characters and fonts. Because ISO-10646 covers all characters in the world, all of the various input methods and fonts are supplied so that you may input and output any character in any language. Before Universal UTF/UCS becomes available, Korean UTF-8 supports the ISO-10646 code subset that is related to Korean characters as well as all other characters in the previous Korean standard codeset, and Extended ASCII.

Table 3-6 lists the Korean codesets.

Table 3-6 Codeset Conversions Supported for Korean ko, ko.UTF-8


Code	Symbol	TargetCode	Symbol
`UTF-8`	ko_KR-UTF-8	Wansung	ko_KR-euc
`UTF-8`	ko_KR-UTF-8	Johap	ko_KR-johap92
`UTF-8`	ko_KR-UTF-8	Packed	ko_KR-johap
`UTF-8`	ko_KR-UTF-8	ISO-2022-KR	ko_KR-iso2022-7
`Wansung`	ko_KR-euc	UTF-8	ko_KR-UTF-8
`Johap`	ko_KR-johap92	UTF-8	ko_KR-UTF-8
`Packed`	ko_KR-johap	UTF-8	ko_KR-UTF-8
`ISO-2022-KR`	ko_KR-iso2022-7	UTF-8	ko_KR-UTF-8
`Wansung`	ko_KR-euc	Johap	ko_KR-johap92
`Wansung`	ko_KR-euc	Packed	ko_KR-johap
`Wansung`	ko_KR-euc	N-Byte	ko_KR-nbyte
`Wansung`	ko_KR-euc	ISO-2022-KR	ko_KR-iso2022-7
`Johap`	ko_KR-johap92	Wansung	ko_KR-euc
`Packed`	ko_KR-johap	Wansung	ko_KR-euc
`N-Byte`	ko_KR-nbyte	Wansung	ko_KR-euc
`ISO-2022-KR`	ko_KR-iso2022-7	Wansung	ko_KR-euc

Chinese: Simplified and Traditional

Simplified Chinese in the Solaris 7 environment provides two locales: zh and zh.GBK. In the zh locale, the EUC scheme is usesd to encode GB2312-80 The zh.GBK locale supports the GBK codeset, which is a superset of GB2312-80.

Simplified Chinese is used mostly in the People's Republic of China (PRC) and in Singapore..

The following input methods are supported for the zh locale

New QuanPin
New ShuangPin
Quanpy
Location
PinYin
Stroke
Golden
Intelligent Pinyin
Simplified Chinese Symbol

The following input methods are supported for the zh.GBK locale

New QuanPin
New ShuangPin
Quanpy
GBK Code
Japanese
Hanja
Zhuyin
Unicode

Table 3-7 shows the TrueType Fonts for the zh Locale

Table 3-7 Solaris 7 TrueType Fonts for the zh Locale


Full Family Name	Subfamily	Format	Vendor	Encoding
Fangsong	R	TrueType	Hanyi	GB2312.1980
Hei	R	TrueType	Monotype	GB2312.1980
Kai	R	TrueType	Monotype	GB2312.1980
Song	R	TrueType	Monotype	GB2312.1980

Table 3-8 shows the Bitmap Fonts for the zh Locale

Table 3-8 Solaris 7 Bitmap Fonts for the zh Locale


Full Family Name	Subfamily	Format	Encoding
Song	B	PCF (14,16)	GB2312.1980
Song	R	PCF (12,14,16,20,24)	GB2312.1980

Table 3-9 shows the TrueType Fonts for the zh.GBK Locale

Table 3-9 TrueType Fonts for the zh.GBK Locale


Full Family NameS	Subfamily	Format	Vendor	Encoding
Fansong	R	TrueType	Zhongyi	GBK
Hei	R	TrueType	Zhongyi	GBK
Kai	R	TrueType	Zhongyi	GBK
Song	R	TrueType	Zhongyi	GBK

Table 3-10 shows the Bitmap Fonts for the zh.GBK Locale

Table 3-10 Bitmap Fonts for the zh.GBK Locale


Full Family Name	Subfamily	Format	Encoding
Song	R	PCF (12,14,16,20,24)	GBK

Table 3-11 shows the supported codeset conversions for Simplified Chinese.

Table 3-11 Codeset Conversions for Simplified Chinese


Code	Symbol	TargetCode	Symbol
`GB2312-80`	zh_CN.euc	ISO 2022-7	zh_CN.iso2022-7
`ISO 2022-7`	zh_CN.iso2022-7	GB2312-80	zh_CN.euc
`GB2312-80`	zh_CN.euc	ISO 2022-CN	zh_CN.iso2022-CN
`ISO-2022-CN`	zh_CN.iso2022-CN	GB2312-80	zh_CN.euc
`UTF-8`	UTF-8	GB2312-80	zh_CN.euc
`GB2312-80`	zh_CN.euc	UTF-8	UTF-8
`zh.GBK`	zh_CN.gbk	ISO2022-CN	zh_CN.iso2022-CN
`ISO2022-CN`	zh_CN.iso2022-CN	zh.GBK	zh_CN.gbk
`zh.GBK`	zh_CN.gbk	Big-5	zh_TW-Big5
`Big-5`	zh_TW-Big5	zh.GBK	zh_CN.gbk
`GB2312-80`	zh_CN.euc	Big-5	zh_TW-Big5
`Big-5`	zh_TW-Big5	GB2312-80	zh_CN.euc
`UTF-8`	UTF-8	zh.GBK	zh_CN.gbk
`zh.GBK`	zh_CN.gbk	UTF-8	UTF-8
`UTF-8`	UTF-8	ISO2022-CN	zh_CN.iso2022-CN
`ISO2022-CN`	zh_CN.iso2022-CN	UTF-8	UTF-8

Traditional Chinese in the Solaris 7 product provides two locales: zh_TW and zh_TW.BIG5. In the zh_TW locale, the EUC scheme is used to encode CNS 11643.1992 codeset. The zh_TW.BIG5 locale supports the Big-5 codeset.

Traditional Chinese is used mostly in Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Traditional Chinese supports the following input methods:

Chuyin
I-Tien
Telecode
TsangChieh
CheinI
NeiMa
ChuangHsing
Array
BoShiaMy
DaYi

Table 3-12 shows Traditional Chinese Truetype Fonts for the zh_TW Locales

Table 3-12 Traditional Chinese Truetype Fonts for the zh_TW Locales


Full Family Name	Subfamily	Format	Vendor	Encoding
Hei	R	Truetype	Hanyi	CNS11643.1992
Kai	R	Truetype	Hanyi	CNS11643.1992
Ming	R	Truetype	Hanyi	CNS11643.1992

Table 3-13 shows the Traditional Chinese BitMap Fonts for the zh_TW Locales

Table 3-13 Traditional Chinese BitMap Fonts for the zh_TW Locales


Full Family Name	Subfamily	Format	Encoding
Ming	R	PCF (12,14,16,20,24)	CNS11643.1992

Table 3-14 shows the Traditional Chinese TrueType Fonts for the zh_TW.BIG5 Locales

Table 3-14 Traditional Chinese TrueType Fonts for the zh_TW.BIG5 Locales


Full Family Name	Subfamily	Format	Vendor	Encoding
Hei	R	TrueType	Hanyi	Big5
Kai	R	TrueType	Hanyi	Big5
Ming	R	TrueType	Hanyi	Big5

Table 3-15 shows the Traditional Chinese BitMap Fonts for the zh_TW.BIG5 Locales

Table 3-15 Traditional Chinese BitMap Fonts for the zh_TW.BIG5 Locales


Full Family Name	Subfamily	Format	Encoding
Ming	R	PCF (12,14,16,20,24)	Big5

Table 3-16 shows the supported codeset conversions for Traditional Chinese.

Table 3-16 Codeset Conversions for Traditional Chinese


Code	Symbol	TargetCode	Symbol
`CNS 11643`	zh_TW-euc	Big-5	zh_TW-Big5
`CNS 11643`	zh_TW-euc	ISO 2022-7	zh_TW-iso2022-7
`Big-5`	zh_TW-Big5	CNS 11643	zh_TW-euc
`Big-5`	zh_TW-Big5	ISO 2022-7	zh_TW-iso2022-7
`ISO 2022-7`	zh_TW-iso2022-7	CNS 11643	zh_TW-euc
`ISO 2022-7`	zh_TW-iso2022-7	Big-5	zh_TW-Big5
`CNS 11643`	zh_TW-eu	ISO 2022-CN-EXT	zh_TW-iso2022-CN-EXT
`ISO 2022-CN-EXT`	zh_TW-iso2022-CN-EXT	CNS 11643	zh_TW-euc
`Big-5`	zh_TW-Big5	ISO 2022-CN	zh_TW-iso2022-CN
`ISO 2022-CN`	zh_TW-iso2022-CN	Big-5	zh_TW-Big5
`UTF-8`	UTF-8	CNS 11643	zh_TW-euc
`CNS 11643`	zh_TW-euc	UTF-8	UTF-8
`UTF-8`	UTF-8	Big-5	zh_TW-Big5
`Big-5`	zh_TW-Big5	UTF-8	UTF-8
`UTF-8`	UTF-8	ISO 2022-7	zh_TW-iso2022-7
`ISO 2022-7`	zh_TW-iso2022-7	UTF-8	UTF-8
`ISO 2022-CN-EXT`	zh_TW-iso2022-CN-EX	Big-5	zh_TW-Big5
`Big-5`	zh_TW-Big5	ISO 2022-CN-EXT	zh_TW-iso2022-CN-EXT

Japanese Input Systems

Three Japanese input systems are bundled in Japanese Solaris 7. They can be used in the ja, ja_JP.PCK and ja_JP.UTF-8 locales. However, some maintenance utilities do not support the PCK codeset.

The Japanese Input System is shown below in Table 3-17.

Table 3-17 Japanese Input Systems


Name	Description
`Wnn6`	`Wnn6` consists of the Kana-Kanji conversion server (`jserver)`, interface module for `htt` (X Input Method Server) called `xjsi.so`, utilities, and dictionaries. Wnn6 is the default Japanese input system. Wnn6 supports JIS X 0201-1976, JIS X 0208-1990 and JIS X0212-1990 character sets.
`ATOK8`	`ATOK8` consists of atok8 X Input Method Server, utilities, and dictionaries. `ATOK8` is a popular Japanese input system facility in the Japanese PC market. `ATOK7` was released with Solaris 2.1 until 2.5.1 has been replaced by `ATOK8.` `ATOK8` supports JIS X 0201-1976 and JIS X 0208-1990 character sets.
`cs00`	`cs00` consists of the Kana-Kanji conversion server (`cs00`), interface module for `htt` (X Input Method Server) called `xci.so`, utilities, and dictionaries. `cs00` has been bundled with Japanese Solaris since Solaris 2.1 `cs00` supports JIS X 0201-1976, JIS X 0208-1990 and JIS X 0212-1990 character sets.

Japanese TrueType Fonts are show below in Table 3-18.

Table 3-18 Japanese TrueType Fonts


Full Family Name	Subfamily	Format	Vendor	Encoding
`hg gothic b`	R	TrueType	RICOH	JISX0208.1983, JISX0201.1976
`hg mincho l`	R	TrueType	RICOH	JISX0208.1983, JISX0201.1976
`heiseimin`	R	TrueType	RICOH	JISX0212.1990

Japanese Bitmap Fonts are shown in Table 3-19 below.

Table 3-19 Japanese Bitmap Fonts


Full Family Name	Subfamily	Format	Vendor	Encoding
`gothic`	R, B	PCF(12,14,16,20,24)		JISX0208.1983, JISX0201.1976
`minchou`	R	PCF(12,14,16,20,24)		JISX0208.1983, JISX0201.1976
`hg gothic b`	R	PCF(12,14,16,18,20,24)	RICOH	JISX0208.1983, JISX0201.1976
`hg mincho l`	R	PCF(12,14,16,18,20,2)	RICOH	JISX0208.1983, JISX0201.1976
`heiseimin`	R	PCF(12,14,16,18,20,24)	RICOH	JISX0212.1990

Japanese Locales

Japanese Solaris 7 supports three locales. The ja locale is based on Japanese EUC. The ja_JP.PCK locale is based on PC-Kanji code (Shift JIS) and the ja_JP.UTF-8 locale is based on UTF-8.

Japanese Messages and `man` Pages

Some messages and manual pages have been translated into Japanese in Japanese Solaris 7.

Japanese Character Code Converter for `iconv`

The following table shows supported conversion with iconv(1) and iconv(3). See the iconv_ja(5)man page for details.

Table 3-20 shows iconv Conversion Support.

Table 3-20 iconv Conversion Support


Source Code	Target Code
`eucJP`	`PCK`
`eucJP`	`JIS7`
`eucJP`	`SJIS`
`eucJP`	`UTF-8`
`eucJP`	`jis`
`eucJP`	`ibmj`
`SJIS`	`eucJP`
`SJIS`	`ISO-2022-JP`
`SJIS`	`UTF-8`
`SJIS`	`jis`
`SJIS`	`ibmj`
`PCK`	`eucJP`
`PCK`	`UTF-8`
`PCK`	`ISO-2022-JP`
`PCK`	`jis`
`PCK`	`ibmj`
`ISO-2022-JP`	`eucJP`
`ISO-2022-JP`	`PCK`
`ISO-2022-JP`	`SJIS`
`UTF-8`	`eucJP`
`UTF-8`	`SJIS`
`UTF-8`	`PCK`
`JIS7`	`eucJP`
`jis`	`eucJP`
`jis`	`PCK`
`jis`	`SJIS`
`ibmj`	`eucJP`
`ibmj`	`PCK`
`UTF-8`	`ISO-2022-JP`
`ISO-2022-JP`	`UTF-8`
`eucJP`	`UTF-8-Java`
`UTF-8-Java`	`eucJP`
`PCK`	`UTF-8-Java`
`UTF-8-Java`	`PCK`
`eucJP`	`ISO-2022-JP.RFC1468`
`PCK`	`ISO-2022-JP.RFC1468`
`UTF-8`	`ISO-2022-JP.RFC1468`
`eucJP`	`ibmj-EBCDIK`
`ibmj-EBCDIK`	`eucJP`
`PCK`	`ibmj-EBCDIK`
`ibmj-EBCDIK`	`PCK`

Japanese Character Code Converter for TTY STREAMS

There are TTY STREAMS modules that perform code conversion between an encoding for a specific terminal and an encoding for a specific locale. With an appropriate STREAMS module, a user can log in from a Japanese terminal into a Japanese locale, even if the encoding between the terminal and the Japanese locale does not match. tty(1) controls the behavior of those STREAMS modules.

Japanese-specific Printer Support

The Japanese Solaris 7 product supports the following Japanese-specific printers:

Epson VP-5085 (based on ESC/P)
NEC PC-PR201 (based on 201PL)
Canon LASERSHOT (based on LIPS)
Japanese PostScript Printer

JLE Binary Compatibility Package

The Japanese Solaris 7 package also provides Japanese Solaris 1.1.x binary-compatibility packages that are the same as the base products.

User-Defined Character (UDC) Support

To handle User-Defined Characters, sdtudctool has been available since the Solaris 2.6 release. Sdtudctool handles both outline (Type1) and bitmap (PCF) fonts. Some utilities are also available to migrate the UDC fonts that were created by old utilities, such as fontedit, type3creator andfontmanager in prior releases.