Conversion for Traditional Chinese Character Codes

The following routines perform character-based code conversion on the CNS-11643 character set. They convert CNS-11643 characters between CNS-11643, EUC, and Big5 formats. To use these routines, the library hle must be linked using the C compiler option -lhle. For more information, see the hconv(3x) man page.

Table B-10 Traditional Chinese Character-Based Functions


Function	Description
`cbig5toeuc`	Converts Big5 character to EUC character.
`ccnstoeuc`	Converts CNS character to EUC character.
`ceuctobig5`	Converts EUC character to Big5 character.
`ceuctocns`	Converts EUC character to CNS character.

Table B-11 Traditional Chinese String-Based Functions


Function	Description
`big5toeuc`	Converts Big5 string to EUC string.
`cnstoeuc`	Converts CNS string to EUC string.
`euctobig5`	Converts EUC string to Big5 string.
`euctocns`	Converts EUC string to Big5 string.

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