1Encode::TW(3pm) Perl Programmers Reference Guide Encode::TW(3pm)
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6 Encode::TW - Taiwan-based Chinese Encodings
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10 $big5 = encode("big5", $utf8); # loads Encode::TW implicitly
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14 This module implements tradition Chinese charset encodings as used in
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17 Canonical Alias Description
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19 big5-eten /\bbig-?5$/i Big5 encoding (with ETen extensions)
20 /\bbig5-?et(en)?$/i
21 /\btca-?big5$/i
22 big5-hkscs /\bbig5-?hk(scs)?$/i
23 /\bhk(scs)?-?big5$/i
24 Big5 + Cantonese characters in Hong Kong
25 MacChineseTrad Big5 + Apple Vendor Mappings
26 cp950 Code Page 950
27 = Big5 + Microsoft vendor mappings
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30 To find out how to use this module in detail, see Encode.
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33 Due to size concerns, "EUC-TW" (Extended Unix Character), "CCCII"
34 (Chinese Character Code for Information Interchange), "BIG5PLUS"
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46 The "CNS11643" encoding files are not complete. For common "CNS11643"
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