2 @mainpage The M17N Library Documentation
4 @section what What is the m17n library?
6 The @e m17n @e library is a multilingual text processing library for
11 <li> It is a free and open source software.
13 <li> It is for any GNU/Linux and Unix applications/libraries.
15 <li> It realizes multilingualization of many aspects of
16 applications/libraries.
20 The word "m17n" is an abbreviation of "multilingualization".
22 The m17n library provides following facilities to handle
27 <li> @e M-text: A data structure for a multilingual text. It is
28 basically a string but with attributes called text property, and
29 is designed to substitute for the C string. It is the most important
30 object of the m17n library.
32 <li> Functions for creating and processing M-texts.
34 <li> Functions for converting M-texts from/to strings encoded in
35 various existing formats.
37 <li> A huge character space, which contains all the Unicode
38 characters and more non-Unicode characters.
40 <li> @e Chartable: A data structure that contains per-character
41 information efficiently.
43 <li> Functions for inputting and displaying M-text on a window
48 @section usage How to use it?
50 Just include <m17n.h> in your program, and link it with the m17n
51 library by -lm17n. See @ref m17nIntro @latexonly
52 (P.\pageref{group__m17nIntro}) @endlatexonly for the detail.
54 @section contact Contact us:
56 Global IT Security Group\n
57 National Information Technology Research Institute\n
58 Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
60 Web: http://www.m17n.org/m17n-lib/
62 Bug report: m17n-lib-bug@m17n.org
64 Mailing list (English): m17n-lib@m17n.org
66 Mailing list (Japanese): m17n-lib-ja@m17n.org