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What's New in the Solaris 9 8/03 Operating Environment

Language Support Enhancements

Unicode Version 3.2 Support

Solaris Unicode locales now support the Unicode Version 3.2. The Unicode Version 3.2 introduces 1016 new characters. This version also includes both normative changes and informative changes, as described in the Unicode Standard Annex #28: UNICODE 3.2 at the following Web site:

http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr28/

The UTF-8 character representation has been changed to a more secure form as specified in the Unicode Version 3.2. This feature implements the more secure UTF-8 character representation, form, and byte sequences in UTF-8 related iconv code conversions. This feature also implements all OS-level multibyte and wide character functions, such as the following:

Additional Keyboard Support

Software support for three additional keyboards has been added to the Solaris 9 4/03 Update release: Estonian keyboard Type 6, French-Canadian keyboard Type 6, and Polish programmer's keyboard Type 5. This software support gives users in Canada, Estonia, and Poland greater flexibility for keyboard input. The support modifies standard U.S. keyboard layouts to different language needs.

Refer to the Solaris 9 4/03 Release Notes for instructions.

Wubi Input Method

The Wubi input method (IM) is widely used in China. The encoding rule for Wubi IM is based on the radical or stroke shape of Chinese characters. Users can rapidly type Chinese characters through a standard keyboard rather than through slower, phonetic-based input methods.

Input Method Support for Indic

Input support for Indian regional language keyboards has been added to the Solaris operating environment. Indic language users can type Indic language characters by using their preferred keyboard layouts in the Solaris operating environment.

Seven Additional Indic Scripts for Support in Unicode Locales

In addition to the current support for Hindi, the following Indic scripts are supported in this Solaris release:

Speakers of these Indian regional languages have language support in the Solaris operating environment for any of the Unicode locale environments that Solaris supports.