Document revision date: 30 March 2001

Contents

Preface
Preface	Preface
Chapter 1
1	Overview
1.1	Creating XPG4-Compliant Localizing Applications
1.1.1	Creating and Invoking Message Catalogs
1.1.1.1	Message Source File
1.1.1.2	Message Catalog File
1.1.1.3	Retrieving Messages from a Message Catalog
1.1.2	Performing Codeset Conversions
1.1.2.1	Creating Conversion Tables
1.1.2.2	Converting from One Codeset to Another
1.1.3	Setting International Environment Logical Names
1.2	Creating Time Zone Conversion Information
1.2.1	Rule Lines
1.2.2	Zone Lines
1.2.3	Link Lines
Chapter 2
2	Locale File Format
2.1	Locale Categories
2.1.1	Overriding Defaults
2.1.2	Category Source Definitions
2.2	LC_COLLATE Category
2.2.1	The collating-element Statement
2.2.2	The collating-symbol Statement
2.2.3	The order_start Statement
2.3	LC_CTYPE Category
2.4	LC_MESSAGES Category
2.5	LC_MONETARY Category
2.5.1	LC_MONETARY Keywords
2.5.2	Monetary Format Variations
2.6	LC_NUMERIC Category
2.7	LC_TIME Category
2.7.1	Keywords
2.7.2	Field Descriptors
2.7.3	Sample Locale Definition
Chapter 3
3	Character Set Description (Charmap) File
3.1	Portable Character Set
3.2	Components of a Charmap File
Chapter 4
4	Command Reference
Command 1	GENCAT
Command 2	ICONV COMPILE
Command 3	ICONV CONVERT
Command 4	LOCALE COMPILE
Command 5	LOCALE LOAD
Command 6	LOCALE UNLOAD
Command 7	LOCALE SHOW CHARACTER_DEFINITIONS
Command 8	LOCALE SHOW CURRENT
Command 9	LOCALE SHOW PUBLIC
Command 10	LOCALE SHOW VALUE
Command 11	zic
Index
Index
Tables
1-1	Day the Rule Becomes Effective
1-2	Time of Day the Rule Becomes Effective
2-1	LC_COLLATE Category Keywords
2-2	LC_CTYPE Category Keywords
2-3	LC_MESSAGES Category Keywords
2-4	LC_MONETARY Category Keywords
2-5	Monetary Format Variations
2-6	LC_NUMERIC Category Keywords
2-7	LC_TIME Category Keywords
2-8	LC_TIME Locale Field Descriptors
3-1	Portable Character Set
4-1	GENCAT Command: Special Characters
4-2	Codeset Declarations
4-3	Locale Categories
4-4	Locale Categories and Keywords

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