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HP-UX provides several Asian enhancements as server features, including some new Asian codesets, UDC (User Defined Characters, or Gaiji), printing, and codeset conversions with mainframe codesets.

New, changed, and deleted features, as well as troubleshooting information is described in the following sections. For further information, see the following documentation:

  • JSE

    • Japanese System Environment User’s Guide (B3782-90873, in Japanese language)

    • HP XJIM Japanese Input Method Guide (B3782-90869, in Japanese language)

    • ATOK8 Japanese Input Method Guide (B3782-90870, in Japanese language)

    • EGBridge Japanese Input Method Guide (B3782-90871, in Japanese language)

    • VJE-γ Japanese Input Method Guide (B3782-90872, in Japanese language)

  • KSE—Korean System Environment User’s Guide (5969-4454, in Korean language)

  • SSE—Simplified Chinese System Environment User’s Guide (5969-4455, in Simplified Chinese language)

  • TSE—Traditional Chinese System Environment User’s Guide (5969-4453, in Traditional Chinese language)

To get release information on earlier versions of ASE, see the following files:

  • JSE: /usr/share/doc/ASX-JPN

  • KSE: /usr/share/doc/ASX-KOR

  • SSE: /usr/share/doc/ASX-SCH

  • TSE: /usr/share/doc/ASX-TCH

New Features

  • ASE Common

    • New printer models are supported on both the lp Spooler and HPDPS. Plain text files can be printed on the following printers by configuring the printer using the PCL5.nloo (PCL5.asian) model file on the lp Spooler or the PCL5.asx (2BPCL5.asx) printer model on HPDPS:

      • HP LaserJet 4000(N)

      • HP LaserJet 4050(N)

      • HP LaserJet 4500(N)

      • HP LaserJet 5000(N)

      • HP LaserJet 8000(N)

      • HP LaserJet 8100 (N)

      NOTE: By installing optional Font DIMM on these printers, text can be printed with TrueType fonts. To use TrueType fonts, configure a printer with the PCL5.asian model file for the lp Spooler, or with the 2BPCL5.asx printer model for HPDPS. HPDPS-related features are not included in HP-UX 11i Version 1.5.

    • For HPDPS, the common printer model directories PCL5.asx, 2BPCL5.asx and ESCP.asx are provided for future new printer support. The user can copy these sample printer model directories to a directory under /var/opt/pd/lib/model with an appropriate name and customize it to be suited for the printer being configured. This feature is not available for 11i Version 1.5.

  • JSE

    • ATOK X for HP-UX Preview Edition [not applicable for 11i Version 1.5] is now supported. As a Kana-Kanji conversion feature, the ATOK12 engine enables users to achieve a comfortable and effective Japanese input environment. Since this release of ATOK X is a Preview Edition, some of the customization tools are not yet available. In the next release, a full featured ATOK X for HP-UX is provided.

    • The Japanese UTF-8 locale ja_JP.utf8 is supported. Using this locale, users can input, display and print UTF-8 characters. It supports characters defined in standards JIS X 0201 (1976), JIS X 0208 (1990), and JIS X 0212 (1990). UDCs (GAIJI) and VDCs (Vendor Defined Characters) are not supported.

      For details, see the document /usr/share/doc/ASX-UTF8.

    • USB (Universal Serial Bus) Japanese 109 Keyboard support. This allows for the input of Japanese characters by Japanese input methods.

    • NEC VDC symbols are included for display on the X Window System

      • JIS[Kuten]: 13/01-13/92

      • Shift-JIS: 0x8740-0x879C

    • The new Ricoh TrueType font package “TrueTypeWorld ValueFontD2” is supported. The supported fonts are Windows 3.1 version of WABUN (Japanese) fonts.

    • New printer models are supported on both the lp Spooler and HPDPS. Users can print Japanese plain text files on the following printers by configuring the printer using the specified model file on the lp Spooler or printer model on HPDPS.

      Table 4-4 New Printer Models for JSE

      PrinterLP Spooler Model FileHPDPS Printer Model File [not for 11i Version 1.5 and later]

      HP LaserJet 5si[1]

      		PCL5.nloo (PCL5.asian)PCL5.asx (2BPCL5.asx)
      HP HITPCPDAESCPESCP.asx
      HP HITHTS4AESCPESCP.asx
      HP HITKD20AESCPESCP.asx
      HP HITKD45AESCPESCP.asx
      Canon LBP-850LIPS4LIPS4.asx
      Canon LBP-930EXLIPS4LIPS4.asx
      Canon LBP-2030LIPS4LIPS4.asx
      Canon LBP-2040LIPS4LIPS4.asx
      Canon LBP-2160LIPS4LIPS4.asx

      OKI Microline 9XXPSII[2]

      		PS2.nlioPS2.asx

      OKI Microline 9XXPSIII[2]

      		PS2.nlioPS2.asx

      OKI Microline 703N(3)[2]

      		PS2.nlioPS2.asx
      EPSON VP-1800ESCPESCP.asx
      OKI 533OS ESCPESCP.asx
      OKI 835OS ESCPESCP.asx
      OKI 858OS ESCPESCP.asx
      NEC LL-15 (NPDL2)NPDLIINPDLII
      NEC LL-30 (NPDL2)NPDLIINPDLII

      NEC LL-15 (ESC/P)[3]

      		ESCPESCP.asx

      NEC LL-30 (ESC/P) [3]

      		ESCPESCP.asx

      [1] By installing optional Japanese Font DIMM on these printers, users can print Japanese text with TrueType fonts. To use Japanese TrueType fonts, configure a printer with the PCL5.asian model file for the lp Spooler. To determine if Japanese TrueType Font is installed:

      1. Press Menu on the control panel of the printer until “INFORMATION MENU” appears.

      2. Press Item until “PRINT PCL FONT LIST” appears.

      3. Press Select to print the font list.

      4. If the printer has Japanese TrueType font, “MS Mincho” and “MS Gothic” will be in the printed list.

      [2] Printing text files on expanded A3 (called “A3-Nobi” in Japan) paper is not supported.

      [3] There are restrictions on setting page lengths in ESC/P mode. For details, see the printer manual and the online document /usr/share/doc/PRINTER-JPN-S[E].

       

    • For HPDPS, the common printer model directories LIPS3.asx, LIPS4.asx and PS.asx are provided for future new printer support. The user can copy these sample printer model directories to a directory under /var/opt/pd/lib/model with an appropriate name and customize it for the printer being configured. This feature is not available for 11i Version 1.5.

    • The Mainframe codeset conversions are provided to convert codesets between Mainframe codesets (Hitachi KEIS, NEC JIPS, Fujitsu JEF, and IBM EBCDIC) and existing codesets (SJIS, eucJP, and ucs2). These code conversions are used by iconv(1) and iconv(3C). This feature is not available for 11i Version 1.5.

      The following codesets are supported:

      • Hitachi KEIS

        • keis7k: KEIS78 (Hitachi MF codeset based on JIS C6226-1978) + EBCDIK

        • keis8k: KEIS83 (Hitachi MF codeset based on JIS X0208-1983) + EBCDIK

        • keis7c: KEIS78 (Hitachi MF codeset based on JIS C6226-1978) + EBCDIC

        • keis8c: KEIS83 (Hitachi MF codeset based on JIS X0208-1983) + EBCDIC

      • NEC JIPS

        • jipsj: JIPS (NEC Mainframe codeset) JIS

        • jipsec: JIPS (NEC Mainframe codeset) EBCDIC

        • jipsek: JIPS (NEC Mainframe codeset) EBCDIK

      • Fujitsu JEF

        • jefc: JEF (Fujitsu Mainframe codeset) + EBCDIC (lower alphabet)

        • jefk: JEF (Fujitsu Mainframe codeset) + EBCDIK (katakana)

        • jefc9p: JEF + EBCDIC designating 9-point size in printing

        • jefk9p: JEF + EBCDIK designating 9-point size in printing

      The codeset conversions are provided between the Mainframe codesets and the following existing codesets:

      • SJIS

      • eucJP

      • ucs2

    • A new UDC environment is provided for client/server or distributed environments. Users can share UDC fonts on a single server machine and print UDCs from client machines. As a UDC font, TrueType font is supported. Users can use UDC TrueType font created on X Window or provided by some vendors. Two typefaces are supported as UDC fonts. ESC/P and PCL printers are supported. This feature is not available for 11i Version 1.5.

  • KSE

    • The Korean UTF-8 locale ko_KR.utf8 is supported. On this locale, users can input, display, and print UTF-8 characters. There is support for characters defined in standards KSC 5636 (1989) and KSC 5601 (1987). UDC and VDC are not supported. For details, see the document /usr/share/doc/ASX-UTF8.

      The full Hangul Syllables in KS X 1005-1 (previously, KS C 5700-1995) are supported on the ko_KR.utf8 locale. You can input full Hangul characters by XKIM and display them on X Window System. With Korean font DIMM and the PCL5.asian model file, users can print full Hangul characters.

    • The printing of the Euro symbol in the ko_KR.eucKR locale is supported. The registered trademark symbol ® is also supported. PCL printers are supported to print these symbols with the PCL5.asian model file. Two typefaces, Dotum and Batang, are supported. Users can print Euro and ® symbols without any printing options.

    • USB Korean 106 Keyboard is supported for inputting Korean characters with the XKIM input method.

    • KSE supports printing through the X Print Server to PCL printers.

  • SSE

    • Simplified Chinese UTF-8 locale zh_CN.utf8 is supported. On this locale, users can input, display, and print UTF-8 characters. There is support for characters defined in standards ISO 10646 and GB 2312 (1980). UDCs and VDCs are not supported. For details, see the document /usr/share/doc/ASX-UTF8.

    • The USB Simplified Chinese 104 Keyboard is supported for inputting Simplified Chinese characters with the XSIM input method.

    • SSE supports printing using the X Print Server to PCL printers.

  • TSE

    • Traditional Chinese UTF-8 locales zh_TW.utf8 and zh_HK.utf8 are supported. On these locales, you can input, display, and print UTF-8 characters. There is support for characters defined in standards ISO 10646, CNS 11643 (1992) planes 1, 2, 3 and 4, except for some characters that are not supported by Unicode 2.1. UDCs and VDCs are not supported. For details, see the document /usr/share/doc/ASX-UTF8.

    • USB Traditional Chinese 104 Keyboard is supported for inputting Traditional Chinese characters with the XTIM input method.

    • TSE supports printing through the X Print Server to PCL printers.

    • HP provides support for the HongKong big5 locale zh_HK.big5. HongKong big5 locale is similar to the Traditional Chinese big5 locale. The differences between these two locales are in monetary and date/time properties, that reflect local cultural conventions

    • CDE has been enhanced to support this new locale by providing the required app-defaults to CDE applications.

    • Applications must elect to enable big5 support by setting the LANG and/or LC_* environment variables to the HongKong big5 locale.

    • Applications using HongKong big5 locales should see the same performance as that for Traditional Chinese big5.

    • The size requirement for locale source and binaries is 1.7 MB.

Changed Features

In the JSE, the ‘EISUU’ key mode has changed for the 106/109 keyboard.

In the previous version, EISUU key, Shift + EISUU (Caps Locks mode) keys, and Alt + EISUU (KANJIBANGOU mode) keys all worked as Caps Lock. Now they function as original features of the keys.

Deleted Features

  • ASE Common

    • Printing to LaserJet III series is now obsolete. Newer printer models should be used.

    • HPDPS-related features are not included in HP-UX 11i Version 1.5.

  • KSE—XDevice is not included in this release.

NOTE: The Japanese input methods EGBridge and VJE-γ are obsolete in an upcoming release.

Troubleshooting Information

  • JSE

    • XJIM

      • On a low-resolution display, the Customize window is cut off by default. Specify the 14-dot font with fn option or XJim*fontList resource.

      • If you use “KANA” input (not “ROMAJI” input) as the key input method at the “YOMI” input, and you input a “KANA” character and “HANDAKUTEN” or “DAKUTEN” successively, the input method server does not compose “KANA” with “DAKUTEN” or “HANDAKUTEN” as one character, but displays the “KANA” character and the “DAKUTEN” or “HANDAKUTEN” symbol. In this case, you should make the composite character using the “ZENKAKU-HIRAGANA” conversion (press Shift + F5 key), or “ZENKAKU-KATAKANA” conversion (press F6 key).

      • If you install XJIM after NIS configuration, you will find that you can not use XJIM Conversion Server. To resolve this problem, move the following line in the /etc/services file

        nuekks        6897/tcp          # nuekks daemon

        to the position above the line that begins with a “+” sign indicating the start of NIS mapping.

    • EGBridge

      • Closing the EGBridge main window during Kana-Kanji conversion on hpterm may also close hpterm. Finish the conversion before closing the EGBridge main window.

    • IMS Common (XJIM/ATOK8/EGBridge/VJE-γ)

      • Window focus sometimes cannot be moved by the Meta(Alt)-Tab key if applications use XIMStatusNothing and they overlap each other in the KANJI-ON state. To avoid this problem, set the stackChange resource to False as follows:

        XJIM

        XJim*stackChange: False

        ATOK8

        Atok8*stackChange: False

        EGBridge

        EGIms*stackChange: False

        VJE

        Vje*stackChange: False

        See the “Resources” section in each Input Method manual (only in Japanese) for details.

      • On Motif 1.2 and Motif 2.1 applications, the F10 and Shift-F10 keys cannot be used as the Japanese input function key because those keys are used to switch focus to the menu bar. To assign these keys to certain functions for IMS, set the following:

        • For DIN keyboard: $xmodmap -e “keycode 25 = F10”

        • For ITF keyboard: $xmodmap -e “keycode 38 = F10”

      • Japanese IMS is not available with X11R4 (including Motif 1.1) applications using the PS2-DIN-JIS keyboard if LANG is ja_JP.SJIS or ja_JP.eucJP. To avoid this problem, set LANG to japanese or japanese.euc when invoking X11R4 (Motif 1.1) applications.

      • Even if you merge UDCs on the X font server after running the input method server, the server cannot display UDCs in the pre-edit and the candidate. Merge UDCs on the X font server before running the input method server. Re-login to make sure that the input method server displays UDCs on CDE.

    • JIS Keyboard

      • Do not set the KBD_LANG shell variable or Motif 1.1 applications will not work with a JIS keyboard.

      • The Yen key on the JIS keyboard with X terminal does not work correctly. To use the Yen key, execute the command:

        $ xmodmap -e "keysym yen = backslash bar prolongedsound"

    • 106/109 Keyboard

      • You cannot turn off EGBridge (although you can turn it on). The solution is to change the key map file $HOME/.gab/EGBMap (for personal use) or /etc/opt/egb/config/EGBMap (for system use). Open the key map file with an editor and change the following entry:

        Old: LKONOFF = XK_Henkan XK_Meta_L
        New: LKONOFF = XK_Henkan XK_Meta_L XK_Alt_L

        Then save the updated key map file and restart EGBridge. You can then turn EGBridge on/off with the left Alt key.

    • udcload

      • When UDCs are not arranged in the code order in the UDC file, udcload cannot load UDC. Arrange UDCs in the code order first. UDCs generated by xudced do not have this problem because xudced generates UDCs arranged in code order.

  • KSE

    • xk0input

      XKIM is not available with X11R4 (including Motif 1.1) applications using the PS2-DIN keyboard if LANG is ko_KR.eucKR. To avoid this problem, set LANG to korean when invoking X11R4 (Motif 1.1) applications.

  • ASE Common

    • xudced (UDC editor)

      When you select Search... in the Edit menu, you cannot specify the character directly. Only the Index number can be specified to search a character.

Software Availability in Native Languages

The commands used with this product are the ones supported by the Native Language Support Catalog of HP-UX.

Command and Library Support [not applicable for 11i v1]

To ensure smooth migration from PA to IPF systems, both PA and IPF locale libraries and iconv methods need to be present on the IPF system. See “Changed locale and localedef Commands [11i v1.5]”.



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