QuickSpecs

The Tru64 UNIX internationalization environment, tools, and localization features enable the development and execution of
internationalized software without re-engineering the user application. Supported Character Sets, Unicode support, Euro
support, a complete listing of I18N features, as well as memory and disk space requirements by language variant, can be
found at the following URL: http://www.tru64unix.compaq.com/unix/i18n.htm .
Unicode Support
Tru64 UNIX supports Unicode Version 3.1 and ISO 10646 standards through a set of UCS-4 and UTF-8 based locales.
Codeset conversion capability to and from UCS-4 (UTF-32), UCS-2 (UTF-16) and UTF-8 formats is provided for all
supported codesets. Conversion support from Unicode to a full range of codesets, including the ISO 8859 series (Latin-1,
Latin-2, ISO-Greek, etc.), PC codepages, and a wide variety of Asian encodings, is also provided.
Euro Currency Support
Tru64 UNIX supports the processing of the new euro currency symbol through the use of ISO Latin-9, and Unicode V3.0.
Applications running in the Unicode UTF-8 or the ISO 8859-15 locales can display, process, and print the euro currency
symbol, provided that the applications have been modified to recognize the euro character, and the UTF-8 and ISO 8859-15
character sets.
Chinese Character Set Standard GB18030
Tru64 UNIX conforms to the People's Republic of China National Standard GB18030-2000. This is a mandatory standard
and supports the Chinese Character Set Standard for Information Interchange.
QuickSpecs
HP Tru64 UNIX Operating System Version V5.1B
Internationalization
DA - 11939 U.S. QuickSpecs — Version 1 — 4/8/2004 Page 30