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Handling Wide Characters

The chapter describes the SICStus Prolog features for handling wide characters. We will refer to these capabilities as Wide Character eXtensions, and will use the abbreviation WCX.

• WCX Introduction: Introduction
• WCX Concepts: Concepts
• Prolog Level WCX Features: Summary of Prolog Level WCX features
• WCX Environment Variables: Selecting the WCX Mode Using Environment Variables
• WCX Hooks: Selecting the WCX Mode Using Hooks
• WCX Foreign Interface: Summary of WCX Features in the Foreign Interface
• WCX Features in Libraries: Summary of Wcx-Related Features in the Libraries
• WCX Utility Functions: WCX Related Utility Functions
• Representation of EUC Wide Characters: Representation of EUC Wide Characters
• A Sample WCX Box: A Sample Wide Character Extension (WCX) Box