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Appendix C Native Language Collating
Native Language Support (NLS) for the 900 Series HP 3000 provides
collating for a variety of native languages. A number of collating
algorithms, from simple to very complex, have been employed in defining
the collating sequences for these languages, depending on the
requirements of the native users of the languages.
Native language collating sequences are accessed in SORT-MERGE/XL by
using the key type CHARACTER and the >LANGUAGE command to define which
native language collating sequence is to be used. In addition to actual
native languages, an artificial language, NATIVE-3000, has been defined
to handle all language aspects in a traditional computer manner. Thus,
for example, one collating sequence for NATIVE-3000 treats keys of type
CHARACTER the same as keys of type BYTE and collates them according to
the value of the ASCII code for each character.
For a list of languages supported on your 900 Series HP 3000 run
NLUTIL.PUB.SYS. A list of language names and language IDs is displayed.
The exact list depends on the configuration chosen by your System
Manager. Configured languages may include, but are not limited to, those
shown in Figure C-1 below. The program NLUTIL.PUB.SYS also offers to
print the definition, including the collating sequence, of each language
supported. Refer to the Native Language Programmer's Guide (32650-90022)
for additional information.
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| Lang Lang Char Set Char Set |
| ID Name ID Name |
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| 0 NATIVE-3000 0 USASCII |
| 1 American 1 ROMAN8 |
| 2 Canadian-French 1 ROMAN8 |
| 3 Danish 1 ROMAN8 |
| 4 Dutch 1 ROMAN8 |
| 5 English 1 ROMAN8 |
| 6 Finnish 1 ROMAN8 |
| 7 French 1 ROMAN8 |
| 8 German 1 ROMAN8 |
| 9 Italian 1 ROMAN8 |
| 10 Norwegian 1 ROMAN8 |
| 11 Portuguese 1 ROMAN8 |
| 12 Spanish 1 ROMAN8 |
| 13 Swedish l ROMAN8 |
| 41 Katakana 2 KANA8 |
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Figure C-1. MPE XL - Supported Native Languages