ET2HKU(1)

NAME
et2hku - conversion between the ETEN and HKU Big5 Hanzi code

SYNOPSIS
et2hku [-h|-e] [-o output_file] [input_file]

DESCRIPTION
Chinese text generated from ETEN cannot be read directly in X window using BIG5 encoding HKU-Ch16 font, or vice versa. This is because the Hanzi layout in ETEN encoding scheme is different from that of HKU Big5 encoding scheme. The et2hku program converts Chinese text between these two codings.

OPTIONS

-h  Convert from ETEN to HKU Big5 (default).

-e  Convert from HKU Big5 to ETEN.

-o output_file
    Store the output in an output file instead of sending it to standard output (stdout).

If input_file is not specified, input will be read from standard input (stdin).

FORMAT DETAILS
The major difference between the ETEN and HKU Big5 codings is the offset of non-frequent Big5 Hanzi codes in the ETEN coding scheme:
(the legal 2nd byte is 0x40--0x7e and 0xa1--0xfe)

portions of BIG5 codes    coding in ETEN      coding in HKU-Ch16
----------------------    ----------------    ----------------
Non-Chinese symbols       0xa140 -- 0xa3bf    0xa140 -- 0xa3fe
Frequent (5401)           0xa440 -- 0xc67e    0xa440 -- 0xc67e
Non-frequent (7651)       0xc940 -- 0xf9d5    0xc6a1 -- 0xf755
Non-BIG5 supplement       0xf9d6 -- ??          no

AUTHOR
Yongguang Zhang (ygz@cs.purdue.edu)

This program is put in public domain. Share and enjoy.