Subject: some UTF utilities

From: Ross Paterson <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 93 17:53 BST

I've placed a couple of programs in

	ifcss.org:/software/fonts/utils/utf-utils.tar.Z

in case anyone wants to start playing with Unicode.  These programs,
and the others mentioned, are not exactly suitable for novice users.

Here is the README:

A few programs for manipulating Unicode/ISO-10646 text encoded in FSS-UTF
(a.k.a. UTF-2 or just UTF):

	hexutf - convert 4-digit hexadecimal codes in an ASCII file to UTF.
	unicode - generate a table of UTF-encoded chars.
	utfascii - convert UTF text to ASCII bitmaps.
	utfps - convert UTF text to Postscript.

Suitable 24-pixel fonts are in ifcss.org:/software/fonts/unicode24/.
Currently only the Latin-1, CJK Auxiliary and UniHan ranges are handled.
You'll also need files from ifcss.org:/software/fonts/HBF/c/hbf.tar.Z
for the last two programs.

For more information about
- each program, see the header comments
- UTF, see research.att.com:/dist/plan9man/09utf.ps.Z
  (Plan 9 is a research version of Unix.)
- Unicode, see the above paper and various files at unicode.org and metis.com

Other freely available stuff using the UTF encoding:

	research.att.com:/dist/sam/
		an X windows port of the Plan 9 editor Sam.
	research.att.com:/dist/tcs.shar.Z
		translation between a wide variety of character codes
		(including the wrong Big-5).
	ftp.cs.su.oz.au:/matty/unicode/9term.tar.Z
		a Plan 9 terminal emulator for X (no curses).
	ftp.cs.su.oz.au:/matty/unicode/libXg.utf.fonts.tar.Z
		various fonts for Sam and 9term -- see also /matty/incoming/
--
Ross Paterson <[email-masked]>
Department of Computing, Imperial College, London SW7