NAME

nliostart − start Native Language I/O

SYNOPSIS

nliostart tb [ server ]

DESCRIPTION

Nliostart enables Native Language I/O by executing a NLIO server and a new shell.  Nliostart finds an available pseudo terminal (see pty(7)) and executes an NLIO server between the master side of the pty and the user’s terminal. It also executes a new shell on the slave side of the pty.  The shell is determined by the SHELL environment variable.  If it is not defined, /bin/sh is used as a default shell.  Exiting the new shell terminates nliostart. If an NLIO server is already running for the current tty and either input or output conversion are enabled for the tty, nliostart does not execute a new NLIO server. 

The argument tb specifies the terminal behavior for the I/O.  The following choices are supported:

bj Japanese

bk Korean

bc Simplified Chinese

bt Traditional Chinese

hp35714a Japanese, with 25 screen lines

atbj Japanese, with 24 lines and a line used for host input conversion

The arguments hp35714a and atbj are for HP-16 terminals that require host input conversion. 

The optional argument server identifies the NLIO server that nliostart executes to perform Native Language I/O.  If the server is omitted, the default server bserver is executed. 

Each server is capable of conversion between internal code (HP-15) and external code, although some features are not available on all servers.  When the stty(1) command option icanon is set, entering a single erase character erases the preceding 16-bit or 8-bit input character. 

bserver Convert code between internal code (HP-15) and external code for the languages of Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.  Bserver is not capable of host input conversion. 

j0server Convert code for the Japanese language only.  J0server is capable of host input conversion using phrase and word dictionaries.  It uses the input window for 16-bit character input. 

AUTHOR

Nliostart was developed by HP. 

SEE ALSO

nlio(1), nlioenv(1), nlioinit(1M), pty(7), stty(7). 

INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT

8- and 16-bit data, 8-bit file names, messages. 

Hewlett-Packard Company  —  May 11, 2021