NAME
nlio — Native Language I/O (NLIO) Subsystem
DESCRIPTION
The
HP-UX
Native Language
I/O (NLIO)
Subsystem is a set of servers, filters, utilities and libraries
that provide means to efficiently input and output multibyte characters
on multibyte terminals, printers and the X Window System.
NLIO
provides application-transparent multibyte code conversion
between the internal code and the external code.
Application programs including
HP-UX
commands can utilize the feature of the multibyte character
I/O
over multibyte terminals, printers and the X Window System
without modifying the
I/O
portion of the program code or linking any special
I/O
library.
The supported languages are Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese
and Traditional Chinese.
NLIO
supports the following functionalities:
Read and write multibyte characters on
HP
Asian terminals and the X Window System.
Print multibyte characters with
HP
Asian or
HP
LaserJet printers.
Allow
HP-UX
commands, such as
cat(1),
more(1),
and
vi(1),
to use multibyte characters.
Create and modify user-defined characters.
Support multibyte characters for the
Starbase Graphics Library.
Provide language-specific popular input methods.
Support code conversion utilities and libraries.
Create and modify user-defined dictionaries for Japanese and Korean.
Read and write Japanese multibyte characters on a bitmap display.
Write Japanese multibyte characters on a bitmap display with the
FAFM
libraries.
Provide a set of libraries for Japanese
Kana-to-Kanji
conversion.
AUTHOR
nlio
was developed by HP.
SEE ALSO
Native Language I/O
manuals
