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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  published in 1984 by Taiwan's Institute for Information
       Industry. Currently, most popular Chinese systems and programs use  ei-
       ther 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 map-
	      ping  between  GB	and BIG-5 is not unique, users may request the
	      translation to return the	first mapping, all  the	 mappings,  or
	      all  the	mappings  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	 table	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-com-
       mercial purposes.

       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
       expressed  or  implied, including, but not limited to, the implied war-
       ranty 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 war-
       ranties 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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