HP 3000 Manuals

Introduction to MPE XL for MPE V System Administrators

Using Native Language Support 

Native Language Support, or NLS, is an MPE XL operating system feature
that allows end users to interact with and process data in their native
language.

The System Manager (SM) is responsible for configuring native languages
on the system, and for modifying formats, such as for dates, times, and
currency, associated with a given native language.

NLS Utilities 

Two utilities are available for users of NLS. The LANGINST utility
program is the tool which allows the System Manager to configure native
languages on the system.  The NLUTIL utility may be run by any user to
display information on currently configured languages.

The LANGINST Utility 

System Managers use LANGINST to select and configure native languages to
be supported on their system, except for NATIVE-3000 which is always
installed as the system default language.  After a language has been
installed, language-specific information available in NLS may be used by
any application program requesting it.

A user with SM capability can also modify formats associated with a given
native language.  For example, the user could install German with a
currency sign other than the default, for use in, say, Austria or
Switzerland.


NOTE  All language configuration changes are effective only after a
      system startup; at that time, the language(s) will actually be
      installed.


To use LANGINST,

   1.  Log on as MANAGER.SYS.

   2.  Enter : LANGINST.

   3.  Select an option from the menu.  These include:
              Adding a language.
              Deleting a language.
              Displaying and modifying local formats of a configured
              language.
              Displaying the languages supported by Hewlett-Packard.
              Replacing the system default language.
              Displaying the languages currently configured.
              Displaying translation tables.
              Exiting.

For further details, refer to Chapter 6, "Native Language Support" in
Localizing and Customizing System Information (32650-90046).

The NLUTIL Utility 

Use NLUTIL to list the languages and character sets installed on a
system.  Any user can call NLUTIL by entering:

          :NLUTIL

This displays a table of configured languages and their character sets.
The utility lets you print a formatted listing of all languages
configured to your system.  The output is written to the file NLLIST on
device class LP. You also can print a listing for any single language
configured to your system.

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