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diff --git a/lib/libc/locale/gb2312.5 b/lib/libc/locale/gb2312.5 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5f1f712 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/locale/gb2312.5 @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Tim J. Robbins +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. 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. +.\" +.\" 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 AUTHOR 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. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd November 7, 2003 +.Dt GB2312 5 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm gb2312 +.Nd "GB2312 encoding method for Chinese text" +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm ENCODING +.Qq GB2312 +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm GB2312 +encoding implements GB\ 2312-1980, a PRC national standard +for the encoding of simplified Chinese characters. +.Pp +Multibyte characters in the GB2312 +encoding can be one byte or two bytes long. +.No GB\ 11383-1981 Pq Tn ASCII +characters are represented by single bytes in the range 0x00 to 0x7F. +Simplified Chinese characters are represented by two bytes, both in +the range 0xA1-0xFE. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr euc 5 , +.Xr gb18030 5 , +.Xr gbk 5 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Nm GB2312 +encoding is believed to be compatible with GB\ 2312-1980. +This standard has been superseded by GB\ 18030-2000, but is still +in wide use. |