Encode::TW − Taiwan−based Chinese Encodings
use Encode
qw/encode decode/;
$big5 = encode("big5", $utf8); # loads Encode::TW
implicitly
$utf8 = decode("big5", $big5); # ditto
This module implements tradition Chinese charset encodings as used in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Encodings supported are as follows.
Canonical Alias
Description
−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−
big5−eten /\bbig−?5$/i Big5 encoding (with ETen
extensions)
/\bbig5−?et(en)?$/i
/\btca−?big5$/i
big5−hkscs /\bbig5−?hk(scs)?$/i
/\bhk(scs)?−?big5$/i
Big5 + Cantonese characters in Hong Kong
MacChineseTrad Big5 + Apple Vendor Mappings
cp950 Code Page 950
= Big5 + Microsoft vendor mappings
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To find out how to use this module in detail, see Encode.
Due to size concerns, "EUC−TW" (Extended Unix Character), "CCCII" (Chinese Character Code for Information Interchange), "BIG5PLUS" (CMEX’s Big5+) and "BIG5EXT" (CMEX’s Big5e) are distributed separately on CPAN, under the name Encode::HanExtra. That module also contains extra China-based encodings.
Since the original "big5" encoding (1984) is not supported anywhere (glibc and DOS-based systems uses "big5" to mean "big5−eten"; Microsoft uses "big5" to mean "cp950"), a conscious decision was made to alias "big5" to "big5−eten", which is the de facto superset of the original big5.
The "CNS11643" encoding files are not complete. For common "CNS11643" manipulation, please use "EUC−TW" in Encode::HanExtra, which contains planes 1−7.
The ASCII region (0x00−0x7f) is preserved for all encodings, even though this conflicts with mappings by the Unicode Consortium.
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