Preface

The Traditional Chinese Solaris User's Guide provides information about the Solaris^TM Operating System (Solaris OS) for users, system administrators, and developers. The guide also describes Traditional Chinese localized Solaris desktop tools and utilities.

About This Book

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

How This Book Is Organized

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

Part I introduces the features of the Traditional 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 Traditional Chinese Solaris Software discusses the design of the Traditional Chinese Solaris software and provides information on the supported locales.
Chapter 3, Traditional Chinese Localization of CDE describes the features of the Traditional Chinese Common Desktop Environment (CDE) for windowed applications.
Chapter 4, Entering Traditional Chinese Text describes the different Traditional Chinese character input modes and provides procedures that you can use to enter and convert Traditional Chinese characters.
Chapter 5, Localized Applications describes how to use the mailx, talk, xtobif, stdconvtool, and iconv utilities. The chapter also provides tables of code conversion modules.
Chapter 6, Traditional Chinese Solaris 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 Traditional Chinese Solaris System provides procedures on setting a default locale, adding a new locale, and changing font directories.
Chapter 8, Managing the Input Method Server discusses input method server basics and application display.
Chapter 9, Fonts provides information on PostScript, bitmap, and TrueType fonts.
Chapter 10, Traditional 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.
Appendix A, Binary Compatibility Package discusses Traditional 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.
Appendix B, Mapping Traditional Chinese Keyboard Functions provides information on mapping Traditional Chinese keyboard functions.
Glossary defines key words and phrases found in the Traditional 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 archive or search for a specific book title or subject 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	`#`