This paper is intended for developers who are interested in developing internationalized software for the Asian-language Solaris operating environment. The first section presents the benefits of internationalizing software in global markets, followed by an overview of the Solaris internationalization framework. The next section is an overview of Asian languages, specifically Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. The Technical Considerations section addresses the Asian-specific architecture, and the Common Development Issues section explains issues related to developing for multibyte applications. Finally, the product overview section provides specific information about Asian-language Solaris operating environment products.

Sun's authoritative guide to developing software for international markets. Focuses on the linguistic and cultural differences that will make or break software products in international markets.

This document provides step-by-step instructions on installing multiple locales and languages onto a system running the Solaris 2.6 operating environment. Having multiple locales installed within a single system will allow you to view and edit documents created using different codesets.

Overview of the globalization technology in Sun Microsystem's Solaris 7 Operating Environment.

This paper is intended for software developers interested in support for the Unicode standard in the SolarisTM 7 operating environment. It discusses the following topics: An overview of multilingual computing, and how Unicode and the internationalization framework in the Solaris 7 operating environment work together to achieve this aim; The Unicode standard and support for it within the Solaris operating environment; Unicode in the Solaris 7 Operating Environment; How developers can add Unicode support to their applications; Codeset conversions.