Ethnic Language Support in X Window Core System

Ethnic language support in Linux should be based on internationalization (I18N) mechanism. In this paper, after summarizing the hierarchical structure of Linux I18N framework, several crucial issues related to X window core system are analyzed. Necessary modifications for adding ethnic language support in X window core system are systemically enumerated, exemplifying by the practice of adding Tibetan support. The implementation in related project is evaluated. Along with the research on other ethnic language system, limitations are also analyzed in detail, coming up with the future working direction.