1 /***@mainpage The M17N Library Documentation
3 @section what What is the m17n library?
5 The @e m17n @e library is a multilingual text processing library for
10 <li> It is a free and open source software.
12 <li> It is for any GNU/Linux and Unix applications/libraries.
14 <li> It realizes multilingualization of many aspects of
15 applications/libraries.
19 The word "m17n" is an abbreviation of "multilingualization".
21 The m17n library provides following facilities to handle
26 <li> @e M-text: A data structure for a multilingual text. It is
27 basically a string but with attributes called text property, and
28 is designed to substitute for the C string. It is the most important
29 object of the m17n library.
31 <li> Functions for creating and processing M-texts.
33 <li> Functions for converting M-texts from/to strings encoded in
34 various existing formats.
36 <li> A huge character space, which contains all the Unicode
37 characters and more non-Unicode characters.
39 <li> @e Chartable: A data structure that contains per-character
40 information efficiently.
42 <li> Functions for inputting and displaying M-text on a window
47 @section usage How to use it?
49 Just include <m17n.h> in your program, and link it with the m17n
50 library by -lm17n. See @ref m17nIntro @latexonly
51 (P.\pageref{group__m17nIntro}) @endlatexonly for the detail.
53 @section contact Contact us:
55 Global IT Security Group\n
56 National Information Technology Research Institute\n
57 Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
59 Web: http://www.m17n.org/m17n-lib/
61 Bug report: m17n-lib-bug@m17n.org
63 Mailing list (English): m17n-lib@m17n.org
65 Mailing list (Japanese): m17n-lib-ja@m17n.org