Technical data

be unique within a given class, but you can use the same phrase
name in different phrase classes.
– The phrase itself can contain up to 80 bytes of data, which correspond
roughly to 80 columns on the screen. All 80 bytes of data appear in
the user input area; however, the display window provides fewer
than 80 columns to display the phrase. As a result, long phrase
definitions are truncated at the right boundary of the display window.
In such cases, the right angle bracket (
>) appears in the rightmost
position to indicate that the phrase definition contains more data.
This truncation is a restriction of the display window and does not
apply to the phrase when it is invoked.
• Creating and maintaining classes
– Classes are created and maintained within the context of a particular
database. If you have not explicitly specified a database, the class
operation applies to your default database.
– Class names must be unique within a database.
– Creating a new class causes that class to be the selected class and
then automatically invokes the function to create new phrases for
the class.
– There are no restrictions on the number of phrases in a class when
phrases are retrieved through Asian terminals or through the input
method window in the CDE environment.
• Using multiple phrase databases
– Phrase databases are locale specific. You cannot invoke the Phrase
Utility without setting the LANG environment variable to a locale;
however, you can create phrase databases for any locale.
Be sure that the LANG environment variable is set to the locale
you want to create phrases for before invoking the Phrase Utility.
Otherwise, you will be working with (or creating) phrase databases
for a locale different from the one you want.
– You can copy phrase definitions to your private database from the
system-wide database and from databases of other users (assuming
their file protections allow you read access). If you choose to copy
phrases from another user’s database, you are prompted for the
absolute path of the database from which you want to copy. If the
specified database is accessible to you, all its phrase definitions are
listed and you choose the ones you want to copy.
– You must own a database to create, delete, or modify classes in that
database.
B–6 Phrase Utility