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Re: Specifying text in different languages in a resource file

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From: David C. Williss
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 06:05
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In a previous article, jeff@nsr.hp.com (Jeff Gruszynski) says:

>>: >  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?
>>:
>>: 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.  
>
Let me be more specific.  How do you specify "wide character" or
"multibyte character" strings in a resource file?  How do you edit
it?  
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Subject: Re: Specifying text in different languages in a resource file
Date: 12 Jan 1993 06:05:39 GMT
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