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
11 <li> It is an 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.
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 the documentation of the module \link
51 m17nIntro Introduction \endlink for the detail.
53 @section contact Contact us:
55 Global IT Security Group\n
56 Information Technology Research Institute\n
57 Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
59 E-mail: mule-aist@m17n.org