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(Note: Ming-Che's code is QPL'd, as + per an mail to qt-info@nokia.com.) + + However, since Big-5+ was never formally approved, and was never + used by anyone, the Taiwan Free Software community and the Li18nux + Big5 Standard Subgroup agree that the de-facto standard Big5-ETen + (zh_TW.Big5 or zh_TW.TW-Big5) be used instead. + + The Big5 is currently implemented as a pure subset of the + Big5-HKSCS codec, so more fine-tuning is needed to make it + identical to the standard Big5 mapping as determined by + Li18nux-Big5. See \l{http://www.autrijus.org/xml/} for the draft + Big5 (2002) standard. + + James Su \<suzhe@turbolinux.com.cn\> \<suzhe@gnuchina.org\> + generated the Big5-HKSCS-to-Unicode tables with a very + space-efficient algorithm. He generously donated his code to glibc + in May 2002. Subsequently, James has kindly allowed Anthony Fok + \<anthony@thizlinux.com\> \<foka@debian.org\> to adapt the code + for Qt. + + \legalese + Copyright (C) 2000 Ming-Che Chuang \BR + Copyright (C) 2002 James Su, Turbolinux Inc. \BR + Copyright (C) 2002 Anthony Fok, ThizLinux Laboratory Ltd. + + Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without + modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions + are met: + + \list 1 + \o Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright + notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. + \o Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright + notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the + documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. + \endlist + + THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND + ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE + IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE + ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE + FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL + DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS + OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) + HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT + LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY + OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF + SUCH DAMAGE. + \endlegalese +*/ + +/*! + \page codec-big5hkscs.html + \title Big5-HKSCS Text Codec + \ingroup codecs + + The Big5-HKSCS codec provides conversion to and from the + Big5-HKSCS encoding. + + The codec grew out of the QBig5Codec originally contributed by + Ming-Che Chuang \<mingche@cobra.ee.ntu.edu.tw\>. James Su + \<suzhe@turbolinux.com.cn\> \<suzhe@gnuchina.org\> and Anthony Fok + \<anthony@thizlinux.com\> \<foka@debian.org\> implemented HKSCS-1999 + QBig5hkscsCodec for Qt-2.3.x, but it was too late in Qt development + schedule to be officially included in the Qt-2.3.x series. + + Wu Yi \<wuyi@hancom.com\> ported the HKSCS-1999 QBig5hkscsCodec to + Qt-3.0.1 in March 2002. + + With the advent of the new HKSCS-2001 standard, James Su + \<suzhe@turbolinux.com.cn\> \<suzhe@gnuchina.org\> generated the + Big5-HKSCS<->Unicode tables with a very space-efficient algorithm. + He generously donated his code to glibc in May 2002. Subsequently, + James has generously allowed Anthony Fok to adapt the code for + Qt-3.0.5. + + Currently, the Big5-HKSCS tables are generated from the following + sources, and with the Euro character added: + \list 1 + \o \l{http://www.microsoft.com/typography/unicode/950.txt} + \o \l{http://www.info.gov.hk/digital21/chi/hkscs/download/big5-iso.txt} + \o \l{http://www.info.gov.hk/digital21/chi/hkscs/download/big5cmp.txt} + \endlist + + There may be more fine-tuning to the QBig5hkscsCodec to maximize its + compatibility with the standard Big5 (2002) mapping as determined by + Li18nux Big5 Standard Subgroup. See \l{http://www.autrijus.org/xml/} + for the various Big5 CharMapML tables. + + \legalese + Copyright (C) 2000 Ming-Che Chuang \BR + Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 James Su, Turbolinux Inc. \BR + Copyright (C) 2002 WU Yi, HancomLinux Inc. \BR + Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Anthony Fok, ThizLinux Laboratory Ltd. + + Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without + modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions + are met: + + \list 1 + \o Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright + notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. + \o Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright + notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the + documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. + \endlist + + THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND + ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE + IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE + ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE + FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL + DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS + OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) + HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT + LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY + OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF + SUCH DAMAGE. + \endlegalese +*/ + +/*! + \page codec-eucjp.html + \title EUC-JP Text Codec + \ingroup codecs + + The EUC-JP codec provides conversion to and from EUC-JP, the main + legacy encoding for Unix machines in Japan. + + The environment variable \c UNICODEMAP_JP can be used to + fine-tune the JIS, Shift-JIS, and EUC-JP codecs. The \l{ISO + 2022-JP (JIS) Text Codec} documentation describes how to use this + variable. + + Most of the code here was written by Serika Kurusugawa, + a.k.a. Junji Takagi, and is included in Qt with the author's + permission and the grateful thanks of the Qt team. Here is + the copyright statement for that code: + + \legalese + + Copyright (C) 1999 Serika Kurusugawa. All rights reserved. + + Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without + modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions + are met: + + \list 1 + \o Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright + notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. + \o Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright + notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the + documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. + \endlist + + THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS". + ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE + IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE + ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE + FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL + DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS + OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) + HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT + LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY + OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF + SUCH DAMAGE. + \endlegalese +*/ + +/*! + \page codec-euckr.html + \title EUC-KR Text Codec + \ingroup codecs + + The EUC-KR codec provides conversion to and from EUC-KR, KR, the + main legacy encoding for Unix machines in Korea. + + It was largely written by Mizi Research Inc. Here is the + copyright statement for the code as it was at the point of + contribution. The subsequent modifications are covered by + the usual copyright for Qt. + + \legalese + + Copyright (C) 1999-2000 Mizi Research Inc. All rights reserved. + + Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without + modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions + are met: + + \list 1 + \o Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright + notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. + \o Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright + notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the + documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. + \endlist + + THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND + ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE + IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE + ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE + FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL + DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS + OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) + HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT + LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY + OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF + SUCH DAMAGE. + \endlegalese +*/ + +/*! + \page codec-gbk.html + \title GBK Text Codec + \ingroup codecs + + The GBK codec provides conversion to and from the Chinese + GB18030/GBK/GB2312 encoding. + + GBK, formally the Chinese Internal Code Specification, is a commonly + used extension of GB 2312-80. Microsoft Windows uses it under the + name codepage 936. + + GBK has been superseded by the new Chinese national standard + GB 18030-2000, which added a 4-byte encoding while remaining + compatible with GB2312 and GBK. The new GB 18030-2000 may be described + as a special encoding of Unicode 3.x and ISO-10646-1. + + Special thanks to charset gurus Markus Scherer (IBM), + Dirk Meyer (Adobe Systems) and Ken Lunde (Adobe Systems) for publishing + an excellent GB 18030-2000 summary and specification on the Internet. + Some must-read documents are: + + \list + \o \l{ftp://ftp.oreilly.com/pub/examples/nutshell/cjkv/pdf/GB18030_Summary.pdf} + \o \l{http://oss.software.ibm.com/cvs/icu/~checkout~/charset/source/gb18030/gb18030.html} + \o \l{http://oss.software.ibm.com/cvs/icu/~checkout~/charset/data/xml/gb-18030-2000.xml} + \endlist + + The GBK codec was contributed to Qt by + Justin Yu \<justiny@turbolinux.com.cn\> and + Sean Chen \<seanc@turbolinux.com.cn\>. They may also be reached at + Yu Mingjian \<yumj@sun.ihep.ac.cn\>, \<yumingjian@china.com\> + Chen Xiangyang \<chenxy@sun.ihep.ac.cn\> + + The GB18030 codec Qt functions were contributed to Qt by + James Su \<suzhe@gnuchina.org\>, \<suzhe@turbolinux.com.cn\> + who pioneered much of GB18030 development on GNU/Linux systems. + + The GB18030 codec was contributed to Qt by + Anthony Fok \<anthony@thizlinux.com\>, \<foka@debian.org\> + using a Perl script to generate C++ tables from gb-18030-2000.xml + while merging contributions from James Su, Justin Yu and Sean Chen. + A copy of the source Perl script is available at + \l{http://people.debian.org/~foka/gb18030/gen-qgb18030codec.pl} + + The copyright notice for their code follows: + + \legalese + Copyright (C) 2000 TurboLinux, Inc. Written by Justin Yu and Sean Chen. \BR + Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Turbolinux, Inc. Written by James Su. \BR + Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 ThizLinux Laboratory Ltd. Written by Anthony Fok. + + Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without + modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions + are met: + + \list 1 + \o Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright + notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. + \o Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright + notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the + documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. + \endlist + + THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND + ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE + IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE + ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE + FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL + DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS + OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) + HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT + LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY + OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF + SUCH DAMAGE. + \endlegalese +*/ + +/*! + \page codecs-jis.html + \title ISO 2022-JP (JIS) Text Codec + \ingroup codecs + + The JIS codec provides conversion to and from ISO 2022-JP. + + The environment variable \c UNICODEMAP_JP can be used to + fine-tune the JIS, Shift-JIS, and EUC-JP codecs. The mapping + names are as for the Japanese XML working group's \link + http://www.y-adagio.com/public/standards/tr_xml_jpf/toc.htm XML + Japanese Profile\endlink, because it names and explains all the + widely used mappings. Here are brief descriptions, written by + Serika Kurusugawa: + + \list + + \o "unicode-0.9" or "unicode-0201" for Unicode style. This assumes + JISX0201 for 0x00-0x7f. (0.9 is a table version of jisx02xx mapping + used for Unicode 1.1.) + + \o "unicode-ascii" This assumes US-ASCII for 0x00-0x7f; some + chars (JISX0208 0x2140 and JISX0212 0x2237) are different from + Unicode 1.1 to avoid conflict. + + \o "open-19970715-0201" ("open-0201" for convenience) or + "jisx0221-1995" for JISX0221-JISX0201 style. JIS X 0221 is JIS + version of Unicode, but a few chars (0x5c, 0x7e, 0x2140, 0x216f, + 0x2131) are different from Unicode 1.1. This is used when 0x5c is + treated as YEN SIGN. + + \o "open-19970715-ascii" ("open-ascii" for convenience) for + JISX0221-ASCII style. This is used when 0x5c is treated as REVERSE + SOLIDUS. + + \o "open-19970715-ms" ("open-ms" for convenience) or "cp932" for + Microsoft Windows style. Windows Code Page 932. Some chars (0x2140, + 0x2141, 0x2142, 0x215d, 0x2171, 0x2172) are different from Unicode + 1.1. + + \o "jdk1.1.7" for Sun's JDK style. Same as Unicode 1.1, except that + JIS 0x2140 is mapped to UFF3C. Either ASCII or JISX0201 can be used + for 0x00-0x7f. + + \endlist + + In addition, the extensions "nec-vdc", "ibm-vdc" and "udc" are + supported. + + For example, if you want to use Unicode style conversion but with + NEC's extension, set \c UNICODEMAP_JP to \c {unicode-0.9, + nec-vdc}. (You will probably need to quote that in a shell + command.) + + Most of the code here was written by Serika Kurusugawa, + a.k.a. Junji Takagi, and is included in Qt with the author's + permission and the grateful thanks of the Qt team. Here is + the copyright statement for that code: + + \legalese + + Copyright (C) 1999 Serika Kurusugawa. All rights reserved. + + Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without + modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions + are met: + + \list 1 + \o Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright + notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. + \o Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright + notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the + documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. + \endlist + + THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS". + ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE + IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE + ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE + FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL + DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS + OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) + HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT + LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY + OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF + SUCH DAMAGE. + \endlegalese +*/ + +/*! + \page codec-sjis.html + \title Shift-JIS Text Codec + \ingroup codecs + + The Shift-JIS codec provides conversion to and from Shift-JIS, an + encoding of JIS X 0201 Latin, JIS X 0201 Kana and JIS X 0208. + + The environment variable \c UNICODEMAP_JP can be used to + fine-tune the codec. The \l{ISO 2022-JP (JIS) Text Codec} + documentation describes how to use this variable. + + Most of the code here was written by Serika Kurusugawa, a.k.a. + Junji Takagi, and is included in Qt with the author's permission + and the grateful thanks of the Qt team. Here is the + copyright statement for the code as it was at the point of + contribution. The subsequent modifications are covered by + the usual copyright for Qt. + + \legalese + + Copyright (C) 1999 Serika Kurusugawa. All rights reserved. + + Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without + modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions + are met: + + \list 1 + \o Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright + notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. + \o Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright + notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the + documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. + \endlist + + THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS". + ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE + IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE + ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE + FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL + DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS + OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) + HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT + LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY + OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF + SUCH DAMAGE. + \endlegalese +*/ + +/*! + \page codec-tscii.html + \title TSCII Text Codec + \ingroup codecs + + The TSCII codec provides conversion to and from the Tamil TSCII + encoding. + + TSCII, formally the Tamil Standard Code Information Interchange + specification, is a commonly used charset for Tamils. The + official page for the standard is at + \link http://www.tamil.net/tscii/ http://www.tamil.net/tscii/\endlink + + This codec uses the mapping table found at + \link http://www.geocities.com/Athens/5180/tsciiset.html + http://www.geocities.com/Athens/5180/tsciiset.html\endlink. + Tamil uses composed Unicode which might cause some + problems if you are using Unicode fonts instead of TSCII fonts. + + Most of the code was written by Hans Petter Bieker and is + included in Qt with the author's permission and the grateful + thanks of the Qt team. Here is the copyright statement for + the code as it was at the point of contribution. The + subsequent modifications are covered by the usual copyright for + Qt: + + \legalese + + Copyright (c) 2000 Hans Petter Bieker. All rights reserved. + + Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without + modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions + are met: + + \list 1 + \o Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright + notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. + \o Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright + notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the + documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. + \endlist + + THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND + ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE + IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE + ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE + FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL + DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS + OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) + HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT + LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY + OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF + SUCH DAMAGE. + \endlegalese +*/ |