intro(3int)
NAME
intro − introduction to internationalization subroutines
DESCRIPTION
The internationalization package provides a convenient method of writing or converting applications so that they can operate in the applications user’s native language.
The package consists of the following:
•Tools for the creation and modification of message catalogues.
•A set of library functions
•An international compiler that creates language support databases from special source files
•An announcement and initialization mechanism
•A set of internationalized C library functions that allow the internationalized applications to run
NOTE
When a C program is compiled, use the −li option to include the internationalization library, for example: cc −li −o prog prog.c
FUNCTIONS
| catgetmsg(3int) | get message from a message catalog |
| catgets(3int) | read a program message |
| catopen(3int) | open/close a message catalog |
| nl_langinfo(3int) | language information |
| nl_printf(3int) | print formatted output |
| nl_scanf(3int) | convert formattted input |
| setlocale(3int) | set localization for internationalized program |
| strftime(3int) | convert time and date to string |
| strxfrm(3int) | string transformation |
| strcoll(3int) | string collation comparison |
SEE SLSO
extract(1int), gencat(1int), ic(1int), strextract(1int), strmerge(1int), trans(1int), atof(3), conv(3), ctype(3), ecvt(3), printf(3s), scanf(s), environ(5int), lang(5int), nl_types(5int), patterns(5int)
Subroutines