symbian-qemu-0.9.1-12/python-2.6.1/Modules/cjkcodecs/README
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Merge BUG 1296
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To generate or modify mapping headers
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Mapping headers are imported from CJKCodecs as pre-generated form.
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If you need to tweak or add something on it, please look at tools/
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subdirectory of CJKCodecs' distribution.
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Notes on implmentation characteristics of each codecs
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1) Big5 codec
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  The big5 codec maps the following characters as cp950 does rather
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  than conforming Unicode.org's that maps to 0xFFFD.
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    BIG5        Unicode     Description
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    0xA15A      0x2574      SPACING UNDERSCORE
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    0xA1C3      0xFFE3      SPACING HEAVY OVERSCORE
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    0xA1C5      0x02CD      SPACING HEAVY UNDERSCORE
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    0xA1FE      0xFF0F      LT DIAG UP RIGHT TO LOW LEFT
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    0xA240      0xFF3C      LT DIAG UP LEFT TO LOW RIGHT
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    0xA2CC      0x5341      HANGZHOU NUMERAL TEN
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    0xA2CE      0x5345      HANGZHOU NUMERAL THIRTY
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  Because unicode 0x5341, 0x5345, 0xFF0F, 0xFF3C is mapped to another
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  big5 codes already, a roundtrip compatibility is not guaranteed for
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  them.
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2) cp932 codec
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  To conform to Windows's real mapping, cp932 codec maps the following
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  codepoints in addition of the official cp932 mapping.
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    CP932     Unicode     Description
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    0x80      0x80        UNDEFINED
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    0xA0      0xF8F0      UNDEFINED
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    0xFD      0xF8F1      UNDEFINED
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    0xFE      0xF8F2      UNDEFINED
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    0xFF      0xF8F3      UNDEFINED
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3) euc-jisx0213 codec
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  The euc-jisx0213 codec maps JIS X 0213 Plane 1 code 0x2140 into
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  unicode U+FF3C instead of U+005C as on unicode.org's mapping.
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  Because euc-jisx0213 has REVERSE SOLIDUS on 0x5c already and A140
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  is shown as a full width character, mapping to U+FF3C can make
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  more sense.
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  The euc-jisx0213 codec is enabled to decode JIS X 0212 codes on
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  codeset 2. Because JIS X 0212 and JIS X 0213 Plane 2 don't have
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  overlapped by each other, it doesn't bother standard conformations
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  (and JIS X 0213 Plane 2 is intended to use so.) On encoding
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  sessions, the codec will try to encode kanji characters in this
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  order:
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    JIS X 0213 Plane 1 -> JIS X 0213 Plane 2 -> JIS X 0212
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4) euc-jp codec
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  The euc-jp codec is a compatibility instance on these points:
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   - U+FF3C FULLWIDTH REVERSE SOLIDUS is mapped to EUC-JP A1C0 (vice versa)
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   - U+00A5 YEN SIGN is mapped to EUC-JP 0x5c. (one way)
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   - U+203E OVERLINE is mapped to EUC-JP 0x7e. (one way)
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5) shift-jis codec
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  The shift-jis codec is mapping 0x20-0x7e area to U+20-U+7E directly
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  instead of using JIS X 0201 for compatibility. The differences are:
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   - U+005C REVERSE SOLIDUS is mapped to SHIFT-JIS 0x5c.
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   - U+007E TILDE is mapped to SHIFT-JIS 0x7e.
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   - U+FF3C FULL-WIDTH REVERSE SOLIDUS is mapped to SHIFT-JIS 815f.
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