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@mainpage The m17n library documentation
- @section sect2 What is the m17n library?
+ @section what What is the m17n library?
The @e m17n @e library is a multilingual text processing library
- for the C language. m17n is an abbreviation of
- Multilingualization.
+ for the C language.
<ul>
- <li>m17n-lib is an open source software.
- <li>m17n-lib is for any Linux/Unix applications.
+ <li> It is an open source software.
- <li>m17n-lib realizes multilingualization of many aspects of applications.
-
- <li>m17n-lib represents multilingual text as an object named
- M-text. M-text is a string with attributes called text properties,
- and designed to substitute for string in C. Text properties carry
- information required to input, display and edit the text.
-
- <li>m17n-lib supports functions to handle M-texts.
+ <li> It is for any GNU/Linux and Unix applications/libraries.
+ <li> It realizes multilingualization of many aspects of
+ applications/libraries.
+
</ul>
+ The word "m17n" is an abbreviation of "multilingualization".
- The @e m17n @e library provides following facilities to handle
+ The m17n library provides following facilities to handle
multilingual text.
<ul>
- <li> @e M-text: A data structure for multilingual text objects.
+
+ <li> @e M-text: A data structure for a multilingual text. It is
+ basically a string but with attributes called text property, and
+ is designed to substitute for the C string.
<li> Functions for creating and processing M-texts.
- <li> Decoders and encoders for converting M-texts from/to strings
- encoded in various existing formats.
+ <li> Functions for converting M-texts from/to strings encoded in
+ various existing formats.
<li> A huge character space, which contains all the Unicode
characters and more non-Unicode characters.
<li> @e Chartable: A data structure that contains per-character
- information effectively.
+ information efficiently.
+
+ <li> Functions for inputting and displaying M-text on a window
+ system.
- <li> Functions for inputting and displaying M-text.
</ul>
- @section sect1 Why Multilingual? Why Library?
-
- Multilingualization in software refers to a form of
- internationalization, where many kinds of cultural conventions,
- such as languages and scripts, can be used simultaneously on the
- software. In order to share information in the whole world, we
- need a computer environment where support for every language is
- equally easy.
-
- Currently software developers tend to design and implement
- multilingual facilities on their own, even though their software
- do not focus on multilingualization or text handling itself. They
- indeed need strings or text in user interface, but it is
- peripheral at most. Mozilla, Perl, and Ruby are good
- examples. This situation is waste of time and effort.
-
- Multilingualization in most software is peripheral, that is,
- multilingual facilities can be isolated from other (main) parts
- of the software. At the same time, most software has common
- requirement for their multilingual interfaces. A library that
- fulfils those requirement can be used from various
- applications and will make software development more efficient
- and inexpensive.
+ @section usage How to use it?
+
+ Just include <m17n.h> in your program, and link it with the m17n
+ library by -lm17n. See the documentation of the module \link
+ m17nIntro Introduction \endlink for the detail.
@section contact Contact us:
- Global IT Security Group<br>
- Information¡¡Technology Research Institute<br>
- Institute of¡¡Advanced Industrial Science and Technology<br>
+ Global IT Security Group\n
+ Information Technology Research Institute\n
+ Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
- E-mail:Mule-aist@m17n.org
+ E-mail: mule-aist@m17n.org
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