Explanations of the contents of this book follow:
Chapter 1 “Introduction
to Internationalization”
provides an overview of internationalization and localizing within
the desktop, including locales, fonts, drawing, inputting, interclient
communication, and extracting user visual text. Information on the
significance of internationalization standards is also provided.
Chapter 2 “Internationalization
and the Common Desktop Environment”
covers the set of topics that developers commonly need to consider
when internationalizing their applications, including locale management,
localized resources, font management, localized text tasks, interclient
communication for localized text, and internationalized functions.
Chapter 3 “Internationalization
and Distributed Networks”
discusses topics related to handling encoded characters in distributed
networks. Basic principles and examples for interclient interoperability
are provided to guide developers in internationalized distributed
environments.
Chapter 4 “Xt,
Xlib, and Motif Dependencies”
topics include internationalized applications, locale management,
localized text, international User Interface Language (UIL), and
localized applications.
Appendix A “Message
Guidelines”
is a set of guidelines for writing messages.
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