Preface

Simplified Chinese Solaris User's Guide provides information for users, system administrators, and developers on the Solaris^TM Operating System (Solaris OS). The guide also describes Simplified Chinese localized desktop tools and utilities available with the Simplified Chinese Common Desktop Environment (CDE).

About This Book

This guide offers information on using, customizing, and administering the Simplified Chinese Solaris Operating System and CDE.

How This Book Is Organized

Each chapter of this guide covers a different aspect of the Simplified Chinese Solaris software.

Part I introduces the features of the Simplified Chinese Solaris Operating System.
Chapter 1, Overview of Features describes the new features and the language support that are available in this release.
Part II includes end-user information.
Chapter 2, Introduction to the Simplified Chinese Solaris Software discusses the design of the Simplified Chinese Solaris software and provides information on the supported locales.
Chapter 3, CDE describes the features of the Simplified Chinese Common Desktop Environment (CDE) for windowed applications.
Chapter 4, Entering Simplified Chinese Text describes the different Simplified Chinese character input modes and provides procedures that you can use to enter and convert Simplified Chinese characters.
Chapter 5, Localized Applications describes how to use the stdconvtool and iconv utilities. The chapter also provides tables of code conversion modules.
Chapter 6, Setting Up Solaris Simplified Chinese Printing Facilities describes line printer, PostScript^TM printer, and laser printer support in this release.
Part III includes information for system administrators.
Chapter 7, Configuring a Simplified Chinese Solaris System provides procedures on setting a default locale, adding a new locale, and changing font directories.
Chapter 8, Managing the htt Input Method Server discusses input method server basics and application display.
Chapter 9, Fonts provides information on PostScript, bitmap, and TrueType fonts.
Chapter 10, Simplified Chinese Printing Facilities discusses printing to line printers and to PostScript printers.
Chapter 11, TTY Environment and Support provides information on TTY STREAMS, command, setup, and terminal support.
Chapter 12, Backward Compatibility discusses Simplified Chinese text and conversion utilities. The chapter also describes the binary Compatibility Package and provides a procedure for running binary code from previous Solaris releases.
Glossary defines key words and phrases found in the Simplified Chinese Solaris documentation.

Related Books

The following books include further details on the topics covered in this guide.

Solaris 10 Release Notes offers the most up-to-date information about the features offered in this release.
Solaris 10 Installation Guide describes the process of installing the Solaris Operating System.
Solaris Advanced User's Guide provides information on the Solaris command line interface (CLI).
International Language Environments Guide describes the internationalization and the localization features that are available for application developers in this release.

Accessing Sun Documentation Online

The docs.sun.com^SM Web site enables you to access Sun technical documentation online. You can browse the docs.sun.com archive or search for a specific book title or subject. The URL is http://docs.sun.com.

Ordering Sun Documentation

Sun Microsystems offers select product documentation in print. For a list of documents and how to order them, see “Buy printed documentation” at http://docs.sun.com.

Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.

Table P–1 Typographic Conventions


Typeface or Symbol	Meaning	Example
`AaBbCc123`	The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output	Edit your `.login` file. Use `ls -a` to list all files. `machine_name% you have mail.`
`AaBbCc123`	What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output	`machine_name%` `su` `Password:`
`AaBbCc123`	Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value	To delete a file, type `rm` `filename`.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new words, or terms, or words to be emphasized.	Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be root to do this.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P–2 Shell Prompts


Shell	Prompt
C shell prompt	`machine_name%`
C shell superuser prompt	`machine_name#`
Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt	`$`
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt	`#`