HP 9000 User Manual page 134

Advanced NLS Topics
Read this chapter if you are:
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A programmer or software developer who has
special requirements
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Anyone in need of additional background
information on NLS
This chapter covers the following:
• Character and string processing in more detail
• Special requirements for localizing
• Special situations for messaging
Codeset Conversion
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If you need to transport data between systems that use different codesets, you
will probably need to convert codesets. To assist this conversion, two codeset
conversion tools are available.
• The iconv command operates on files and converts characters from one
codeset to another. Conversion can be performed between HP codesets
and a number of widely-used non-HP codesets. See
iconv(l)
in the
HP-UX
Reference for details. 8
• The iconv routines are intended for special situations not covered by the
conversion command. Using these routines, it is possible to provide special
treatment that may be needed in the conversion. See
iconv(3C)
in the
HP- UX Reference for details.
• NLIO provides some other routines for Asian languages. Please refer to
the appropriate NLIO manual for more information (see "Related HP -UX
Manuals" in Chapter 1).
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