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CDE assumes that all applications that run during a session operate in the
language that was set at the start of the session. On Tru64 UNIX systems,
you can work around this restriction with the following actions:
1. In a dtterm window, set the LANG or LC_ALL environment variable to
the locale in which you want to run the new application. For example:
% setenv LANG ko_KR.deckorean
2. If the setting is for a Japanese, Chinese, or Korean locale, use the
system command line to start the appropriate input method server
before invoking the application. For example:
% /usr/bin/X11/dxhangulim &
See Section 2.1 for information about Asian input method servers.
3. In the same window as step 1, use the system command line to invoke
the application you want to run in the new locale. For example:
% /usr/dt/bin/dtterm &
4. If you need to change your keyboard setting to work in the new locale,
do so before starting to work in the new application’s window. See
Section 1.4 for information about setting keyboard type.
1.4 Selecting Keyboard Type
For English language input, a standard keyboard provides a sufficient
number of keys (combined with shift states) to enter all uppercase and
lowercase letters, numerals, and punctuation marks. For many other
languages, the default keyboard does not provide enough keys and shift
states to enter all characters.
Terminal users must use a localized keyboard or, if their keyboard includes a
Compose key, use Compose-key sequences to enter non-English language
characters from single-byte codesets. Some terminals also provide software
emulation of a number of keyboard layouts for languages that are based on
single-byte codesets. The user manual for each terminal explains how you
can use its keyboard to enter non-English characters. Entry of multibyte
characters in Asian languages requires special terminal hardware.
If the appropriate support files are installed on the system, workstation users
can set the keyboard type to be appropriate for languages for which standard
keyboard types exist. You must set the keyboard type for Western and
Eastern European languages, Japanese, Thai, and Hebrew. However, you
are not required to set the keyboard type for Chinese and Korean languages.
In CDE, use Keyboard Options (one of the desktop applications) to change
your keyboard type. See the CDE Companion manual for more information
about changing keyboard type.
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