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Jconv, jcode, and jchar are handy command-line tools
for converting and inspecting Japanese text codes and
generating Japanese code sets. All three tools support
the three basic Japanese codes most commonly used in
text files, e-mail messages, and on the World Wide Web:
JIS, Shift-JIS, and EUC.
The programs in this package are straight ports for
OS/2 of original C-language programs written by
Ken Lunde, author of _CJKV Information Processing_
(O'Reilly & Associates) -- a must-read for anyone
dealing with Japanese or other East-Asian scripts in
the context of computers and information processing.
The OS/2 executables require the latest version of the
emx Runtime Package (emxrt 0.9d revision 60, available
from Hobbes and other OS/2 file-archive sites).
These are the three tools included in this package:
jconv.exe -- general-purpose Japanese code
conversion tool
jcode.exe -- Japanese code inspection tool
jchar.exe -- generates various Japanese character sets
Running each program with the -h switch (e.g.,
"jconv -h") displays information on operation and
available switches. Sample output using the -h
switch for each of the program is also included here,
in the *.msg files. The *.c source files contain even
more info, including information on distribution and
restrictions on usage. The source code is also
available from the original author's web site at
<http://www.oreilly.com/~lunde/>.
If you have any questions or comments regarding the
OS/2 ports, please contact me:
Stephen A. Carter <scarter@hticn.com>
If you want to know more about the programs themselves
or the complexities of working with Japanese and other
East-Asian scripts, check out the original author's web
site:
Ken Lunde <http://www.oreilly.com/~lunde/>