Encode::TW(3p) Perl Programmers Reference Guide Encode::TW(3p)

Encode::TW(3p) Perl Programmers Reference Guide Encode::TW(3p) #

Encode::TW(3p) Perl Programmers Reference Guide Encode::TW(3p)

NNAAMMEE #

 Encode::TW - Taiwan-based Chinese Encodings

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS #

     use Encode qw/encode decode/;
     $big5 = encode("big5", $utf8); # loads Encode::TW implicitly
     $utf8 = decode("big5", $big5); # ditto

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN #

 This module implements tradition Chinese charset encodings as used in
 Taiwan and Hong Kong.  Encodings supported are as follows.

   Canonical   Alias             Description
   --------------------------------------------------------------------
   big5-eten   /\bbig-?5$/i      Big5 encoding (with ETen extensions)
           /\bbig5-?et(en)?$/i
           /\btca-?big5$/i
   big5-hkscs  /\bbig5-?hk(scs)?$/i
               /\bhk(scs)?-?big5$/i
                                 Big5 + Cantonese characters in Hong Kong
   MacChineseTrad                Big5 + Apple Vendor Mappings
   cp950                         Code Page 950
                                 = Big5 + Microsoft vendor mappings
   --------------------------------------------------------------------

 To find out how to use this module in detail, see Encode.

NNOOTTEESS #

 Due to size concerns, "EUC-TW" (Extended Unix Character), "CCCII"
 (Chinese Character Code for Information Interchange), "BIG5PLUS" (CMEX's
 Big5+) and "BIG5EXT" (CMEX's Big5e) are distributed separately on CPAN,
 under the name Encode::HanExtra. That module also contains extra China-
 based encodings.

BBUUGGSS #

 Since the original "big5" encoding (1984) is not supported anywhere
 (glibc and DOS-based systems uses "big5" to mean "big5-eten"; Microsoft
 uses "big5" to mean "cp950"), a conscious decision was made to alias
 "big5" to "big5-eten", which is the de facto superset of the original
 big5.

 The "CNS11643" encoding files are not complete. For common "CNS11643"
 manipulation, please use "EUC-TW" in Encode::HanExtra, which contains
 planes 1-7.

 The ASCII region (0x00-0x7f) is preserved for all encodings, even though
 this conflicts with mappings by the Unicode Consortium.

SSEEEE AALLSSOO #

 Encode

perl v5.36.3 2010-09-24 Encode::TW(3p)