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mdbDir(5)			The m17n Library		       mdbDir(5)

NAME
     mdbDir - List of data in a database directory.

DESCRIPTION
     The  m17n	library loads a list of definitions of data of the m17n database
     from files of name 'mdb.dir' in each database directory  at  initialization
     time. The plist format of this file is as follows:

     MDB-DIR ::= DEFINITION *

     DEFINITION ::= '(' TAG0 [ TAG1 [ TAG2 [ TAG3 ] ] ] FILE [ VERSION ]')'

     TAGn ::= SYMBOL

     FILE ::= MTEXT

     VERSION ::= MTEXT

     If TAG0 is neither `charset' nor `char-table', and TAGn (n > 0) is a symbol
     `*',  FILE can contain a wildcard charater, and all files matching FILE ac-
     coding to the rules used by the shell are the target of database files.  In
     that  case, each file must contain SELF-DEFINITION which is a plist element
     providing the actual TAGn values by the form:

     SELF-DEFINITION ::= '(' TAG0 TAG1 TAG2 TAG3 [ VERSION ] ')'

     For instance, if a database directory contains these files:

     zh-py.mim:
     (input-method zh py)

     ko-han2.mim:
     (input-method ko han2)

     these lines in 'mdb.dir':

     (input-method zh py "zh-py.mim")
     (input-method ko han2 "ko-han2.mim")

     can be shortened to this single line:

     (input-method * "*.mim")

     VERSION is a required version number of the m17n  library.  The  format  is
     'XX.YY.ZZ'  where	XX is a major version number, YY is a minor version num-
     ber, and ZZ is a patch level.

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (C) 2001 Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA)
     Copyright (C) 2001-2011 National Institute of Advanced  Industrial  Science
     and Technology (AIST)
     Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under
     the  terms  of  the  GNU Free Documentation License <http://www.gnu.org/li-
     censes/fdl.html>.

Version 1.8.4			 Mon Sep 25 2023		       mdbDir(5)

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