Internationalization

Internationalization

Internationalization is the process of making a program capable of running in more than one spoken-language environment without recompiling. Internationalized software can be made to produce output in a user's native language, to format data (such as dates and currency values) according to local custom, and in other ways make the software more comprehensible for people whose culture is different than that of the original software developer.

Table 1-1 lists the internationalization features supported by IRIX and the standards with which this implementation complies.

IRIX-Supported Internationalization Features
Feature Standard
Locales ANSI C and POSIX (ISO0045-1)
XPG/3 message catalogs and interpretation of locale strings X/OPEN Portability Guide, Issue 3 (XPG/3)
Multi-National Language Support (MNLS) message catalogs UNIX System V Release 4
Input methods
Text rendering
Resource files X11R6

IRIX-Supported Internationalization Features
Feature	Standard
Locales	ANSI C and POSIX (ISO0045-1)
XPG/3 message catalogs and interpretation of locale strings	X/OPEN Portability Guide, Issue 3 (XPG/3)
Multi-National Language Support (MNLS) message catalogs	UNIX System V Release 4
Input methods Text rendering Resource files	X11R6

The chapter titled "Internationalization" in Topics in IRIX Programming describes functions you can use and guidelines you can follow to create an application that runs in more than one spoken-language environment.