Related Books and Sites

Sun Global Application Developer Corner

For information to help developers globalize their applications, refer to the Sun Global Application Developer Corner (Sun GADC)

The Sun Global Application Developer Corner is an updated web version of the previously released Sun Global Application Developer Kit 1.0. It is accessible at: http://www.sun.com/developers/gadc

Sun's Global Application Developer Corner contains comprehensive internationalization tools and documentation that address various design and development issues encountered while creating global software, including how to test for global compliance and troubleshoot problems.

The site includes testing tools such as the Sun Multibyte English (MBE) locale, which allows developers to test their internationalized applications using pseudo English. This has been extremely useful for English-speaking developers who need to test their applications developed in a specific native language. The Sun Multibyte English locale is available for free download. Other useful resources include sample references and code in C, white papers on international language support found in the Solaris operating environment, technical articles, and useful globalization links for quick reference. There is a checklist available for developers to use to assess the internationalization of a product, as well as a contact page for you to ask any Sun globalization-related queries.

Java Development Kit

For information about the Java Development Kit, see http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/guide/intl/index.html

Solaris Common Desktop Environment

The Solaris Common Desktop Environment: Programmer's Guide is also part of the CDE Developer's Collection that is shipped on the Solaris documentation CD.

OSF/Motif Information

OSF/Motif Programmer's Guide, Release 1.2 Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Prentice-Hall, 1993. The Open Software Foundation's (OSF) Guide describes how to use the OSF/Motif application programming interface to create Motif applications. It presents an overview of Motif widget set architecture, explains the Motif toolkit, and gives models and examples of Motif applications.

PostScript Information

This set of books is essential for successfully developing PostScript applications.

The PostScript Language Reference Manual (Second Edition) is the standard reference work for PostScript. It is the definitive documentation of every operator, Display PostScript (DPS), Level 1, and Level 2. The book covers the fundamentals of PostScript as a device-independent printing language. The special capabilities for handling fonts and characters in PostScript are explained. The book's Appendix E also explains standard character sets and encoding vectors. It discusses the organization of fonts that are built into interpreters or supplied from other sources.

Programming the Display PostScript System with X is for application developers who are working with X Windows and Display PostScript. The book documents how to write applications that use Display PostScript to produce information for the screen display and the printer output. It describes coding techniques in detail.

The X Window System has been extended with the X Display PostScript system (often described as X/DPS). It uses application-callable libraries on the client side and corresponding extensions on the X server side.

Internationalization Process Under the Solaris Operating Environment

Tuthill, Bill, and David Smallberg. Creating Worldwide Software: Solaris International Developer's Guide, 2nd edition. Mountain View, California, Sun Microsystems Press, 1997. Available through books@sun.com and www.sun.com/books/. The book offers a general overview of the internationalization process under the Solaris operating environment.