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ICU-3650 Fix some comments on the icuswap tool and toolutil.

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<html lang="en-US">
<head>
<meta name="generator" content="HTML Tidy, see www.w3.org">
<title>ReadMe for ICU</title>
<meta name="COPYRIGHT" content=
"Copyright (c) 1997-2004 IBM Corporation and others. All Rights Reserved.">
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<td>libicui18n.so.<i>XY</i>.<i>Z</i></td>
<td>Contains many locale based i18n functions.</td>
<td>A library that contains many locale based internationalization
(i18n) functions.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
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<td>libicule.so.<i>XY</i>.<i>Z</i></td>
<td>Contains an optional engine for doing font layout.</td>
<td>An optional engine for doing font layout.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
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<td>libiculx.so.<i>XY</i>.<i>Z</i></td>
<td>Contains an optional engine for doing font layout that uses parts
of ICU.</td>
<td>An optional engine for doing font layout that uses parts of
ICU.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
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<td>icuio<i>XY</i>.dll</td>
<td>libustdio.so.<i>XY</i>.<i>Z</i></td>
<td>libicuio.so.<i>XY</i>.<i>Z</i></td>
<td>An unsupported optional library that provides a stdio like API with
Unicode support.</td>
<td>An optional library that provides a stdio like API with Unicode
support.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tool Utility Library</td>
<td>icutu<i>XY</i>.dll</td>
<td>libicutu.so.<i>XY</i>.<i>Z</i></td>
<td>An internal library that contains internal APIs that are only used
by ICU's tools. If you do not use ICU's tools, you do not need this
library.</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<h4>Data For a New Platform</h4>
<p>It may not be necessary for your use of ICU to make a full ICU build
work. Most of the makefiles and build targets are for tools that are used
for building ICU's data, and an application's data, if the application uses
ICU resource bundles and similar for its data.</p>
<p>For some people, it may not be necessary for completely build ICU. Most
of the makefiles and build targets are for tools that are used for building
ICU's data, and an application's data (when an application uses ICU
resource bundles for its data).</p>
<p>Data files can be built on a different platform if both platforms share
the same endianness and the same charset family, and if memory-mappable,
binary data files are used instead of DLLs/shared libraries. For details
<p>Data files can be built on a different platform when both platforms
share the same endianness and the same charset family. This assertion does
not include platform dependent DLLs/shared/static libraries. For details
see the User Guide <a href=
"http://oss.software.ibm.com/icu/userguide/icudata.html">ICU Data</a>
chapter.</p>
<p>ICU 2.8 eliminates the first condition: It adds the icuswap tool which
can be run on any platform to turn binary ICU data files from any one of
the three formats into any one of the other. This allows to use ICU data
built anywhere to be used for any target platform.</p>
<p>ICU 2.8 removes the requirement that ICU be completely built in the
native operating environment. It adds the icuswap tool which can be run on
any platform to turn binary ICU data files from any one of the three
formats into any one of the other data formats. This allows a application
to use ICU data built anywhere to be used for any other target
platform.</p>
<p><strong>WARNING!</strong> Building ICU without running the tests is not
recommended. The tests verify that ICU is safe to use. It is recommended
that you try to completely port and test ICU before using the libraries for
your own application.</p>
<h4>Adapting Makefiles For a New Platform</h4>