From: lee@rinconada.stanford.edu (Fung Fung Lee)
Subject: Re: FAQ for alt.chinese.text
Keywords: faq, chinese text
Organization: Stanford University
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 05:43:33 GMT

Some corrections and additions (optional comments in []):

In article <BxqJ4H.AML@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> yawei@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (~{QG9p~}) writes:
>Archive-name: chinese-text-faq
>Last-modified: 14 Nov 1992
>Version: 0.6
>
>
> (2) Where can I get such software?
>
>     It depends what kind of machine you are using. The following is
>probably an incomplete list of software which you can use to read
>this newsgroup:
>
>     [This list contains general purpose Chinese software programs that 
>support the 'zW' or 'HZ' protocols and are available through internet
>without user fees.  If you know of any other such programs that I
>have missed, please let me know.]
>
>
>  b. If you are using an Apple MacIntosh, try:
                               ^Macintosh
>     (1) Subtitle -- a program which decodes zW and HZ texts as subtitles
>     for some terminal emulators. Runs with or without Chinese OS. A trial 
>     version can be ftp'ed from:
>               ftp.apple.com:pub/lai
>     [Author: Ed Lai <lai@apple.com>]
>
>     (2) HZTerm -- a simple terminal emulator that supports the HZ coding.
>     HZTerm requires the Chinese MacOs available from Apple.
>     Available at:
>               ahkcus.org:src/mac/HZterm.hqx

      [Author: Ricky Yeung <ryeung@eng.sun.com>]
The current version of HZterm only works with very old versions of
Chinese OS, pre 6.0 versions. Versions 6.0.x use the same high-bit-set
GB internal code as CCDOS does; older versions don't.

[Interested readers may perhaps inquire the author for information about
possible future updates.]

      (3) See also item c-(3)

>  c. If you are using a Unix system/workstation:
>
>     (3) Chirk -- A Unix program for displaying Chinese text on Tektronic
                                                                ^Tektronix
>     compatible graphic terminals (Graphon 225, 230, 140; DEC VT240, 
>     VT330/340; etc.) and terminal emulators (XTerm, etc.)  C source code 
                                                      ^^^
           XTerm on UNIX, VersaTerm, VersaTerm running on Macintosh, etc.

>     is provided and may be portable to other platforms. Supports Guo-Biao, 
>     Big5, zW and HZ.  [To use Chirk with rn, try "s | chirk".] 
>     Available for ftp at:
>               crl.nmsu.edu:pub/chinese/ChiRK*.tar.Z
>               ahkcus.org:src/unix/ChiRK*.tar.Z
>     [Author: Bo Yang eric@sdphu1.ucsd.edu]
>
      (4) xhzview -- displays GB or BIG5 text files on UNIX X window systems
      Available for ftp at:
		ahkcus.org:src/unix/xhzview*.tar.Z
      [Author: Ricky Yeung  ryeung@eng.sun.com]

>  d. If you have access to a PostScript Printer:
>
      (2) hz2ps -- converts GB or BIG text files into PostScript
      Available for ftp at:
		ahkcus.org:src/unix/hz2ps*.tar.Z
		ahkcus.org:src/unix/hzfont*.tar.Z
      [Author: Fung F. Lee  lee@umunhum.stanford.edu]

   e. If you have access to any ASCII terminal:

      hzview -- displays GB text files as "huge" characters on screen.
      Useful as a last resort to read news, or as a banner generator.
      To use hzview with rn, try "hz2gb | hzview".
      Available for ftp at:
		ahkcus.org:src/unix/hzview*.tar.Z
		ahkcus.org:src/unix/hzfont*.tar.Z
      [Author: Fung F. Lee  lee@umunhum.stanford.edu]
>
>
> (6) Is it possible for me to convert the Chinese text
>     on this newsgroup into these other Chinese systems that
>     I've been using?
>
>     Yes. If you are using a Guo-Biao based system, conversion
>     programs can be found in the HZ-2.0 package mentioned above.
>     Use hz2gb and gb2hz to convert between Guo-Biao and HZ text.
>     If you are using a Big-5 based system, check out hc.tar.Z
>     and b2g.tar.Z in ahkcus.org:src/unix. These utilities allow
>     you to convert from Big5 to GB which can then be converted 
>     to HZ (and back). 
>
      The Macintosh version of hc (Hanzi Converter) is available
      for ftp at ahkcus.org:src/Mac.

      [The source code of b2g is basically a copy of that of hc.
      It also comes with less functionality and reportedly more 
      mistakes in translation.]


Fung Fung Lee  ~{@n7c7e~}