On Sat, 29 Dec 2001 13:27:10 -0600 (CST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Rolsky) wrote:
> - Convert between big5 and gb encodings (in either direction). Pretty > simple. Huh? You think so? big5 <--> gb has the whole traditional-vs-simplified problem at its end, which is one-to-many (or possibly even many-to-many in a few cases). Generally one simplified character can map to several traditional characters, but the other way around also, apparently, occurs. If a character wasn't simplified, then sure, it's just a matter of changing code 0x1357 to code 0x2468, but otherwise, you really need to take context into account to find the correct character. For example, is GB (32, 90) / C0FA (pronunciation "li4") the same as Big5 BEE4 "calendar", or the same as Big5 BEFA "history"? Cheers, Philip
