Kenichi Handa <ha...@m17n.org> writes: > In article <87ws8s4kdp....@jidanni.org>, jida...@jidanni.org writes: > >> Why does iconv choose Private Use Area >> $ echo =C7=CD=C7=B9=C7=AF=C7=EF| >> perl -MMIME::QuotedPrint -wne 'print decode_qp($_)'| >> iconv -f big5 -t utf8|uni2ascii -wq >> 0xF77A 0xF766 0xF75C 0xF79C >> over U+30D1 KATAKANA LETTER PA, etc.? > > It seems that those characters are hkscs extension to big5. > > Try '-f big5-hkscs' instead of '-f big5'. Then you should > get this: > > 0x30D1 0x30BD 0x30B3 0x30F3
OK. Should I report a bug against iconv, that -f big5 should be at least mapping to the same place as -f big5-hkscs or instead it should raise an error about invalid input? I don't know why that second katakana area in needed in Unicode Private Use Area. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
