README for ftp.math.psu.edu, /pub/simpson/chinese/hzp/ This file created 30 April 1994 by Stephen G. Simpson This file last revised 24 September 1994 by Stephen G. Simpson During 1994 there has been a lot of discussion in Chinese computing newsgroups (alt.chinese.computing, ccnet-l@uga.bitnet, soft-authors@ifcss.org) about possible 7-bit representations of Big5 for use in e-mail, news postings, etc. I proposed a scheme called HZ+. HZ+ is a 7-bit method of representing text that is a mixture of Big5, GB, and ASCII. HZ+ is a simple extension of the popular 7-bit HZ representation of mixed GB and ASCII. This directory contains documents and software related to HZ+. I place this material here for general use and as a reference for the Chinese computing newgroup discussions. To avoid confusion, please note that my specific proposal for HZ+ was sometimes called HZ+S, with HZ+ as a general term denoting a variety of different proposals made by other people. Later, the terminology changed so that now both HZ+ and HZ+S are used to denote only my specific proposal. Thus HZ+ equals HZ+S, and any changes in the HZ+ specification will be made and announced by me only. Contents of this directory: README -- this information file hzp.doc -- my document describing HZ+ hz.doc -- an old document describing HZ etfonts.doc -- my old document describing Big5 unix/ -- my HZ+ filters (UNIX source code and documentation) unix/hzptty/ -- my HZ+ terminal program, for reading HZ+ mail and news msdos/ -- my HZ+ filters (MSDOS executables and documentation) macintosh/ -- reserved for HZ+ software (Macintosh) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- README for ftp.math.psu.edu, /pub/simpson/chinese/hzp/unix/ This file created 24 September 1994 by Stephen G. Simpson This file last revised 24 September 1994 by Stephen G. Simpson This directory contains the UNIX source code and documentation for my HZ+ filters. The subdiretory ./hzptty/ contains my HZ+ terminal program which can be used under e.g. cxterm to transparently read HZ+ mail and news. Contents of this directory: README -- this information file howto.doc -- how to use my HZ+ filters (UNIX version) big2hzp.c -- my filter to convert Big5 files to HZ+ files gb2hzp.c -- my filter to convert GB files to HZ+ files hzp2big.c -- my Big5 filter for HZ+ files hzp2gb.c -- my GB filter for HZ+ files Makefile -- makefile for my HZ+ filters hzptty/ -- my HZ+ terminal program Stephen G. Simpson