HP-UX 11.0 - 11i Internationalization Features White Paper

Asian System Environment (ASE)

ASE Changes [11i v1.6]

Chapter 4

KSE

Other than the TrueType fonts, no new changes have been introduced for KSE with this release of HP-UX.

SSE

The following changes have been introduced to SSE with this release of HP-UX.

Support for the GB18030 Standard

The following items are applicable with the introduction of GB18030 Standard support:

• PCL5.nloo is a printer model file that works with the lp subsystem to print text files containing Asian

multibyte characters on a LaserJet (PCL5 emulation) that does not have any multibyte font DIMMs

installed. PCL5.nloo is enhanced to print text files containing 2-byte and 4-byte characters whose

patterns are defined in GB18030. PCL5.nloo can now also print text files containing Mongolian, Tibetan,

Yi, and Uigur characters when zh_CN.gb18030 is designated as one of the print options.

NOTE PCL5.nloo does not use any Asian font DIMMs even if the LaserJet has the font DIMM

installed.

•Because PCL5.nloo extracts the necessary glyph patterns from the simplified Chinese TrueType fonts

through the X font server, it is required to install those TrueType fonts and invoke xfs in advance to run

the lp command. Otherwise, no 2-byte and 4-byte characters can be printed.

The following TrueType font is provided to support the printing of GB18030 characters:

—ZYCJKSun

NOTE Refer to the “True Type Fonts for Asian Languages” on page 70 of this chapter for more

details.

• Input Methods

— XSIM, an input method for Simplified Chinese designed to work with CDE and the X Window System,

now generates GB18030 2-byte and 4-byte characters in two ways:

—Internal Code

The Internal Code (hexadecimal code) input method supports generating all the characters in the

valid code ranges defined for GB18030, regardless whether a pattern is defined, except for those

defined in GB2312. In the Internal Code method, if the first two key inputs are from 81 to FE and

the following two key inputs are from 40 to 7E or from 80 to FE, the XSIM generates one 2-byte

character immediately after the fourth key is entered.

Table 4-7 GB18030-related Primary Printing Options

Option Behavior

zh_CN.gb18030 designates the GB18030 2-byte and 4-byte text input

half or 2 2-in-1 printing

quarter or 4 4-in-1 printing