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Re: Specifying text in different languages in a resource file

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From: Jeff Gruszynski
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 23:23
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>David C. Williss (cq377@cleveland.Freenet.Edu) wrote:
>: 
>: In a previous article, jarnold@spot.wrc.xerox.com (jeff arnold esc1-318) says:
>: 
>: >
>: >Hi,
>: >  I'm reposting the following question.  If you know the answer, please
>: >reply to henry_wong.lax1b@xerox.com
>: >
>: >  Is it possible to specify a character string (e.g. XmNlabelString for
>: >a push button) in a resource file using MOTIF 1.1.X in different languages 
>: >(i.e. French, German, ...)? If not, what's a good way of doing it?
>: >NLS catalog, maybe? Does MOTIF 1.2 support it?
>: >
>: >Thanks,
>: >
>: >Henry 
>: >
>: >P.S. I'm using MOTIF 1.1.X on an RS6000 running 3.2
>: >
>: Actually, if anybody can answer this, please post the answer here and/or
>: maybe add it to the FAQ.  I'd like to know too.  Especially languages
>: such as Chinese.
>: 

O'Reilly & Assoc, X Toolkit Intrinsics Programming Manual, Motif Ed.
(at least for X11R4 version) in chapter 10.2.3 (The Language String)
mentions, among others, /usr/lib/X11/$LANG/app-defaults for language
specific app-defaults.  

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