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hc(1)			     General Commands Manual			   hc(1)

Name
     Hanzi Converter, hc - convert a GB file to a BIG-5 file, or a BIG-5 file to
     a GB file

Syntax
     hc -m mode -map mapping [ -t t1 t2 ...  ] < file

Description
     The  program  converts  a	GB file to a BIG-5 file, or a BIG-5 file to a GB
     file.  GB (GuoBiao) refers to the standard implementation of "GB2312-80" of
     Mainland China, in which the two bytes representing a GB  code  have  their
     most  significant bit set to 1.  BIG-5 refers to the Big Five standard pub-
     lished in 1984 by Taiwan's Institute for Information  Industry.  Currently,
     most popular Chinese systems and programs use either GB or BIG-5.

     The possible options are

     -m     Conversion mode, either g2b or b2g, for GB to BIG-5, or BIG-5 to GB,
	    respectively.

     -map   Mapping  mode, either one, all, or allbutsymbols.  Since the mapping
	    between GB and BIG-5 is not unique, users may request  the	transla-
	    tion  to return the first mapping, all the mappings, or all the map-
	    pings for hanzi but only one mapping for symbols (e.g. there are two
	    "comma" glyphs defined in BIG-5).

     -t files
	    Specify the hanzi conversion table files, usually just  "hc.tab"  as
	    described below.

Conversion Table File Format
     The  table file contains newline-terminated mapping entries.  Each entry is
     a two-byte GB code followed by a list of two-byte BIG5 codes.   Each  entry
     line  cannot exceed 256 characters.  Users may build their own separate ta-
     ble files.  The bundled conversion table file is called "hc.tab".

Copyright
     Copyright (C) 1988,1989,1990,1993 Fung F. Lee and Ricky Yeung

     All Rights Reserved.

     This program and the table file are NOT in the public domain.

     You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of hc source code files,  table
     file(s),  and documentation files as you receive it for non-commercial pur-
     poses.

     If you wish to incorporate parts of hc into other programs,  write  to  the
     authors.  We have not yet worked out a simple rule that can be stated here,
     but we will often permit this.

     This  software is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either ex-
     pressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranty  of
     fitness for a particular purpose.

Authors
     Ricky Yeung and Fung F. Lee

Bugs
     Bug  reports  and	comments  should  be  sent to Ricky.Yeung@eng.sun.com or
     lee@umunhum.stanford.edu

Disclaimer
     This software is provided "as is" and the authors disclaim  all  warranties
     with regard to this program and the correctness of the mapping table file.

     This software has no connection with our employers.

				  March 12 1993 			   hc(1)

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