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Diffstat (limited to 'src/chrtrans/README.format')
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/chrtrans/README.format b/src/chrtrans/README.format index 4ced0a14..636afd32 100644 --- a/src/chrtrans/README.format +++ b/src/chrtrans/README.format @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ b) directives: start with a keyword which may be abbreviated to one letter (first letter must be capitalized), followed by space and a value. Currently recognized: - + OptionName The name under which this should appear on the O)ptions screen in the list for Display Character Set @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ c) character translation definitions: 0x41 U+0041 U+0391 ... and are used for "forward" translation (mapping this charset to Unicode) - AS WELL AS "back" translation (mapping Unicodes to an 8-bit + AS WELL AS "back" translation (mapping Unicodes to an 8-bit [incl. 7-bit ASCII] code). For the "forward" direction, only the first Unicode is used; for @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ c) character translation definitions: The above example line would tell the chartrans mechanism: "For this charset, code position 65 [hex 0x41] contains Unicode U+0041 (LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A). For translation of Unicodes to - this charset, use byte value 65 [hex 0x41] for U+0041 (LATIN CAPITAL + this charset, use byte value 65 [hex 0x41] for U+0041 (LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A) as well as for U+0391 (GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA)." [Note that for bytes in the ASCII range 0x00-0x7F, the forward translations @@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ c) character translation definitions: * where <range> ::= <fontpos>-<fontpos> * and <unicode> ::= U+<h><h><h><h> * and <h> ::= <hexadecimal digit> + * + [Note that <fontpos> _without_ targets assumed notdefined, + so tables from ftp.unicode.org need no patching.] + d) string replacement definitions: @@ -89,10 +93,10 @@ d) string replacement definitions: U+00cd:I' - which would mean "Replace Unicode U+00cd (LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH + which would mean "Replace Unicode U+00cd (LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH ACUTE" with the string (consisting of two character) I' (if no other translation is available)." Please note that replacement definitions - in certnain charset table will override ones from Default table. + in certain charset table will override ones from the Default table. Note that everything after the ':' is currently taken VERBATIM, so careful with trailing blanks etc. @@ -111,7 +115,7 @@ d) string replacement definitions: Motivation: -- It is an extention of the format already in use for Linux (kernel, +- It is an extension of the format already in use for Linux (kernel, kbd package), those files can be used with some minimal editing. - It is easy to convert Unicode tables for other charsets, as they |