From: xiaofei@ifcss.org (XiaoFei Wang)
Subject: chinese software catalogue
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 08:40:41 GMT

ifcss.org:/software directory is to store Chinese computer software.
subdirectories are setup primarily according to operating systems.

atari, dos, mac, unix, vms directories are for
Atari, DOS, Macintosh, Unix software respectively.

fonts directory contains fonts which are used by many software
across different operating systems.

info directory contains some general information regarding Chinese
software and FTP sites.

data directory contains data useful for Chinese software programmers.
incoming directory is for new software contribution to this site.

Under directory labeled with the cooresponding operating system,
some popular software are stored in separate subdirectories, but most
software are arranged in subdirectories according to their functions.
For example,
editor		for editors
viewer		for viewers
convert		for utilities converting among different Chinese
		file formats such as GB, BIG5, Hz, zW code
print		for printing utilities
input		for input utilities
misc		for misc. software such as games. 
utils(or util)	for file compression, packing and convertion utilities,
                etc. These utilities are not specially for Chinese files. 
                But they are handy for the purpose of saving disk space 
		and ease of handling.
               .arc .lzh .zip .zoo are mostly DOS compressed or packed files.
               .tar .Z are mostly Unix compressed or packed files.
               .hqx is mostly Mac compressed or packed files.
                uuencode utilities are to code binary files into ASCII files 
	        for EMAIL transfer.
chinese-utils for chinese related utilities. 

Here is a unfinished Catalogue containing softwares on dos and unix. 

	 ===========================================
         Catalogue of Chinese Softwares on ifcss.org
	 ===========================================

=====
MSDOS
=====

===========
MSDOS:ZWDOS
===========

software: zwdos 
version : 2.1 2.11
function: MS-DOS kernal extension that gives DOS text mode programs the 
          ability to enter, display, manipulate and print 'zW' and HZ 
          Chinese text. Small memory requirement. Supports CGA, EGA, 
          VGA or Hercules Monographic displays. 
ftp site: ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/dos/ZWDOS
filename: zwdos21.zip zwdos211.zip zwdos.readme
author  : Wei Ya-Gui  
          email: yawei@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu 
comment : the current version does not support printing. 

=============
MSDOS:CONVERT
=============

software: gb2hz hz2gb zw2hz
version : see comment
function: convert gb to hz, hz to gb, zw to hz respectively. 
ftp site: ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/dos/convert
filename: gb2hz.exe hz2gb.exe zw2hz.exe README
author  : Fung F. Lee, see comment
comment : these are msdos compiled version of HZ 2.0
          search '^software: HZ'

============
MSDOS:EDITOR
============

software: byx-edit
version : 1.1
function: GB editor
ftp site: ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/dos/editor
filename: byx11edt.zip byx11edt.doc 
author  : Yan Yong-Xin
comments: this is the editing part of byx1.1 package. 
          the printing part archived in a different directory. 

software: cedit
version : 2.4
function: GB editor
ftp site: ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/dos/editor
filename: cedit24.zip cedit24.doc
author  : Ding Yijun  
          email: yding@unix.cis.pitt.edu 
          (412)361-0858(home), (412)624-0134(work)

software: cwp
version : 1.2
function: GB editor
ftp site: ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/dos/editor
filename: cwp12.zip cwp12.doc
author  : Benjamin Ao / Department of Linguistics / The Ohio State University
          Columbus, OH 43210-1229

software: dingdang
version : 1.2
function: GB editor
ftp site: ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/dos/editor
filename: dngdng12.doc dngdng12.zip
author  : same as cedit. search '^software: cedit'.

software: NJStar
version : 2.10
function: GB Word Processor (Viewer, editor, printing, converter)
	  User friendly interface with pull-down menu and mouse support.
	  Supports CGA/EGA/(mono)VGA/SuperVGA monitors, 9/24 pin printers,
	  HP laserjet & deskjet, Canon bubblejet & LBP laser, PS printers.
          Includes 20 Chinese input methods with Intelligent LianXiang and
          word by word input. Reads and writes HZ & ZW files. Configurable.
ftp site: ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/dos/editor
filename: njs210-1.zip njs210-2.zip njs210-3.zip njstar21.doc
author  : Hongbo Ni / P. O. Box 866 / Kensington NSW 2033 / AUSTRALIA
          Phone/Fax: +61-2-399-9876 
          email:     87p0786@csdvax.csd.unsw.edu.au 
          email:     Hongbo@csd.unsw.oz.au

===========
MSDOS:PRINT
===========

software: byx-print
version : 1.1
function: print GB files on some dot-matrix printers
ftp site: ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/dos/print
filename: byx11prn.doc byx11prn.zip
author  : Yang Yong-Xin

software: chn2ps
version : 3.0
function: convert GB to Postscript. It prints 2 pages of text 
	  on landscape paper. 
ftp site: ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/dos/print
filename: chn2psv3.zip chn2psv3.doc
author  : Jialong He & Li Liu  
          email: jialong@neuro.informatik.uni-ulm.de 
          email: li@neuro.informatik.uni-ulm.de      

software: cpl
version : 1.1
function: print GB files on HP laserjet
ftp site: ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/dos/print
filename: cpl-11.doc cpl-11.zip
author  : Roxin Zhang 
          email: FARZ%NMUMUS@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU 
comment : This version seems buggy in printing HXWZ

software: dm16
version : 1.2
function: A fast GB file printing program using 16x16 interleaved bitmap fonts;
          Most suitable for 9pin Epson or compatible dot-matrix printers; works
          on 24 pin printers also; comes with three 16x16 bitmap font files.
ftp site: ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/dos/print
filename: dm16.doc dm16.zip
author  : Gongquan Chen, School of Geology & Geophysics, University of Oklahoma
          Norman, OK 73019
          email: gchen@geohub.gcn.uoknor.edu

software: gb2epson
version : see comment
function: print GB on epson printers
ftp site: ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/dos/print
filename: gb2epson.doc gb2epson.exe
author  : Ding Yijun, see comment
comment : it is part of cedit. search for '^software: cedit'.

software: gb2hp
version : see comment
function: print GB on HP laserjet
ftp site: ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/dos/print
filename: gb2hp.doc gb2hp.exe
author  : Ding Yijun, see comment
comment : it is part of cedit. search '^software: cedit' for more info.

software: gb2pcx
version : 1.2
function: convert GB to pcx
ftp site: ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/dos/print
filename: gb2pcx12.doc gb2pcx12.zip
author  : Roxin Zhang, same author of cpl-11, search for '^software: cpl'.

software: gb2ps
version : see comment
function: see comment
ftp site: ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/dos/print
filename: gb2ps.doc gb2ps.zip 
author  : Wei Sun, search '^software: gb2ps'
	  Guangxi Wu
          email: wuxi@unixg.ubc.ca
comment : this is gb2ps of Wei SUN ported to msdos by Guangxi Wu. 

software: gb2ps16
version : see comment
function: convert GB to Postscript
ftp site: ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/dos/print
filename: gb2ps16.exe gb2ps16.doc
author  : Ding Yingjun, search '^software: cedit' for more info. 
comment : part of dingdang, search '^software: dingdang' for more info.

software: hz24
version : n/a
function: print GB on HP laserjet
ftp site: ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/dos/print
filename: hz24.doc hz24.zip
author  : Fan Zou, Hansastr. 79a, D-8000, Munich 70, germany
          email: fazo@nws.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de

============
MSDOS:VIEWER
============

software: chv
version : n/a
function: view GB for CGA adapter of IBM Compatible
ftp site: ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/dos/viewer
filename: chv.doc chv.exe
author  : Zhang 
          email: zhang@latcs1.lat.oz.au

software: gb2text
version : see comment
function: converts GB to text
ftp site: ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/dos/viewer
filename: gb2text.doc gb2text.exe
author  : Ding Yijun, see comment
comment : part of cedit, search for '^software: cedit'

software: gblist
version : 1.5
function: An easy-to-use and fast Chinese GB file browser; EGA/VGA required;
          Support both jian-ti and fan-ti fonts.
ftp site: ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/dos/viewer
filename: gblist.doc gblist.zip
author  : author of dm16, search for '^software dm16'

software: readnews
version : n/a
function: convert BIG5 file to text
ftp site: ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/dos/viewer
filename: readnews.doc readnews.exe
author  : Hong Kong University

software: shownews
version : n/a
function: viewing BIG5 file
ftp site: ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/dos/viewer
filename: shownews.doc shownews.exe
author  : Hong Kong University

software: viewer
version : n/a
function: viewing GB file
ftp site: ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/dos/viewer
filename: viewer.doc viewer.zip
author  : Y. F. John Yan
	  Dept. of Comp. Sci.       MicroPerfect Corporation
	  University of Regina      #6-3219 Portnall Ave
	  Regina,S4S 0A2            Regina, S4S 1A6
          e-mail: yanyf@meena.cc.uregina.ca
                  yan@mercury.cc.uregina.ca
                  yyan@phenix.cc.uregina.ca
                  yanyongf@max.cc.uregina.ca
                  yan@vlsi.cs.uregina.ca

software: wingb
version : n/a
function: read GB under MS windows
ftp site: ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/dos/viewer
filename: wingb.doc wingb.zip
author  : Jie Zhang, Washington State
          email: 25822873@wsuvm1.bitnet

====
UNIX
====

===========
UNIX-EDITOR
===========

software: celvis
version : 1.3
function: vi editor with Chinese handling capabilities.
	  Most run on some Chinese terminal, e.g. cxterm, or IBM-PC with
	  some kind of Chinese DOS.  Work exactly like Unix vi editor,
	  except that it side-scrolls long lines instead of wraping.
ftp site: ifcss.org [129.107.1.155] :/software/unix/editor
filename: celvis.readme celvis.tar.Z
author  : Man-Chi Pong
          Department of Computer Science
          The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
          Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
          email: mcpong@uxmail.ust.hk

          Yongguang Zhang
          Purdue University Department of Computer Sciences
          West Lafayette, IN 47907  USA
          email: ygz@cs.purdue.edu
comment : also archived at ftp.cs.purdue.edu:/pub/ygz 
	  comments, bug-reports, modifications to: c-elvis@cs.purdue.edu

=============
UNIX:X-WINDOW
=============

filename: cxterm
version : 11.5.1
function: Chinese terminal on X window Version 11 Release 5.
          It is a Chinese "xterm" that supports input and display of
          Chinese characters.  Support both GB and Big5.  Input methods
          are extensible; users can modify or create their own ones.
ftp site: ifcss.org [129.107.1.155] :/software/unix/X-Window
filename: cxterm-11.5.1.readme cxterm-11.5.1.tar.Z
author  : same as celvis, search for '^software: celvis'
comment : The master ftp site for cxterm is ftp.cs.purdue.edu:/pub/ygz .
          Patches, Chinese X fonts, input methods, cxterm utilities are
          also archived there.  X11R4 users please use version 11.4.2
          of cxterm (cxterm-11.4.2.tar.Z).  Comments, bug-reports,
          modifications to: c-xterm@cs.purdue.edu.

software: xhzed
version : 1.0
function: Xhzed is a simple, interactive Hanzi text editor based on Open Look  
          Toolkits. It supports both GB (GuoBiao) and Big5 encoded Hanzi text.
ftp site: ifcss.org [129.107.1.155] :/software/unix/X-Window
filename: xhzed-1.0.readme xhzed-1.0.tar.Z
author  : Simon Yeh, CSF Coporation, 270 Davidson Ave., Somerset, NJ 08873
          email: csf!syeh@bcr.cc.bellcore.com 
          email: syeh@caip.rutgers.edu

software: xhzview
version : 3.0
function: X window based simple browser for mixed 8/16 bit code file
ftp site: ifcss.org [129.107.1.155] :/software/unix/X-Window
filename: xhzview.3-0.readme xhzview.3-0.tar.Z
author  : Ricky Yeung
	  email: Ricky.Yeung@Sun.Com
comment : use standard X-Window fonts.  Some Chinese fonts can be
	  obtained from the cxterm package, or using the hz2bdf utility
	  to convert ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/fonts/Beijing*.*
	  and/or ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/fonts/hku-ch16.* to
	  bdf format. 

============
UNIX:CONVERT
============

software: HZ
version : 2.0
function: convert among GB, HZ and zW
ftp site: ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/unix/convert
filename: HZ-2.0.readme HZ-2.0.tar.Z
author  : Fung F. Lee 
          email: lee@umunhum.stanford.edu

software: b2g
version : n/a
function: convert between GB and BIG5
ftp site: ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/unix/convert
filename: b2g.readme b2g.tar.Z
author  : Mark Leisher, Computing Research Lab, New Mexico State University
          Las Cruces, NM 88003
          email: mleisher@nmsu.edu
          email: mleisher@nmsu.bitnet
comment : this converter is based on an early version of 'hc' so it
          leaves more chars unconverted than '^software: hc' when
          converting BIG5 to GB.

software: hc
version : 1.2u
function: convert between GB and BIG5
ftp site: ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/unix/convert
filename: hc.readme hc.tar.Z
author  : Fung F. Lee and Ricky Yeung
          search '^software: HZ' and '^software: xhzview'
          for more info. 

==========
UNIX:PRINT
==========

software: cnprint
version : 2.1
function: print GB/Hz or convert to postscript. Small disk space requirement 
          by using compressed fonts and optimized PS format. Multicolumn option.
          "intelligent" treatment of punctuations.  Change of fonts, char size,
          char width/height, paper orintation, paper margin by command line, 
          menu or within text.  Also works on VAX/VMS.  See readme for more. 
ftp site: ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/unix/print
filename: cnprint.c cnprint.readme
author  : Yidao Cai
          email: CAI@neurophys.wisc.edu

software: gb2ps
version : 2.02
function: convert GB/HZ to postscript
ftp site: ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/unix/print
filename: gb2ps.2.02.readme gb2ps.2.02.tar.Z
author  : Wei SUN
          email: william@cs.anu.edu.au
comment : GB2PS supports simple page formatting (change chinese fonts and font 
          size, cover page, page number, etc). Five chinese fonts are provided 
          in this release, they are Song, Kai, Fang Song, Hei and FanTi fonts.            The HZ ENCODING is also supported.

software: news2ps
version : n/a
function: news2ps converts BIG5 to Postscript
ftp site: ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/unix/print
filename: news2ps.readme news2ps.c 
author  : Hong Kong University
comment : use chinese.16.new instead of chinese.16 
          Both can be FTP'ed from ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/fonts

software: hz2ps
version : 2.1
function: converts GB/BIG5 to Postscript
ftp site: ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/unix/print
filename: hz2ps-2.1.readme hz2ps-2.1.tar.Z
author  : Fung F. Lee, search '^software: HZ'.
comment : use Beijing16.*, Beijing24.* and hku-ch16.*, 
          which can be FTP'ed from ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/fonts
	  The files hku-ch16.* are converted from chinese.16.new with hku2hz.
	  hku2hz is bundled with hz2ps.

===========
UNIX:VIEWER
===========

software: ChiRK
version : 1.2a
function: a GB/HZ/BIG5 coded text viewer on terminals (or emulations) capable 
	  of displaying Tektronics 401x graphics, such as GraphOn,DEC VT240/330,
	  Xterm, Tektool on Sun, EM4105 on PC, VersaTerm-Pro on Mac, etc. 
	  displays up to 17x40 Chinese characters per screen. works directly 
	  under UNIX mail and news programs. Comes with four fonts.
ftp site: ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/unix/viewer
filename: ChiRK-1.2a.readme ChiRK-1.2a.tar.Z
author  : Bo Yang, Department of Physics, 0319
          University of California, San Diego
          La Jolla, CA 92093
          email: eric@coeus.ucsd.edu 

software: gb2text
version : n/a
function: convert GB to text
ftp site: ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/unix/viewer
filename: gb2text.c gb2text.readme
author  : Ding Yijun, search '^software: cedit' for more info

software: readnews
version : n/a
function: readnews converts BIG5 to ascii dot-matrix picture 
ftp site: ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/unix/viewer
filename: readnews.readme readnews.c 
author  : Hong Kong University
comment : use chinese.16.new instead of chinese.16 
          Both can be FTP'ed from ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/fonts

software: hzview
version : 2.0
function: converts GB/BIG5 to ascii
ftp site: ifcss.org[129.107.1.155]:/software/unix/viewer
filename: hzview-2.0.readme hzview-2.0.tar.Z
author  : Fung F. Lee, search '^software: HZ' for more info
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