NTEncoding Big5 1.0

Description

This is a Newton Text Encoding Translater module for Traditional Chinese, named NTEncoding Big5. It is very useful for Chinese Newton users who need translating Big5 to Unicode or vice versa. This module provides many uniform text encoding translation API for Newton programmers. This package only for Newton OS 2.0 or later.

Usage

This NTEncoding module support Traditional Chinese Big5 encoding. This package base on GNUE's NTEncoding SDK. There are many Japanese NTEncoding modules on the net. You can get more information about Traditional Chinese NTEncoding module from my web page, or surf GNUE's web page(in Japanese) for more information about Japansese NTEncoding moduls, <http://www.cyborg.or.jp/~gnue/NTEncoding.heml>.

Here I provide a very simple example for code translate. If want to translate Big5 code text into Unicode, you can take following code into your project:

        NTEncodingDef := NTE_methods:GetPrefsNTEncoding(nil, 'big5);  // Get NTEncoding define prefs.
        UnicodeStr := NTE_methods:code2uni("$$$e&r&j", NTEncodingDef, nil);  // Big5 --> Unicode
        Big5Code := NTE_methods:uni2code(UnicodeStr, NTEncodingDef, nil);  // Unicode --> Big5

For more information, please surf my web or GNUE's web. If you want to test any NTEncoding modules, you can download my Universal Encoding Translater, UniTrans, from my web page.

Information

This package tested on MP2000/130.Only for Newton OS 2.0 or later. Document export/import only test on Mac. Windows will not work fine.

You had better to install Chinese font into your Newton MessagePad first for test drive. There is a free Chinese font lite version on the net. You can get it at following URL:
<ftp://physgi.phy.ncku.edu.tw/pub/Newton/Lang_sys/LaHow1.0Lite.sit.bin>

There is a free, full chars set, Chinese font for Newton on Joe's Newton Software web page. His URL is:
<http://nats-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/~joseph/newton/>

You can refer my web page to do a lite version Chinese  Language Kit for your MP130/MP120 with NOS 2.0 to using Chinese. This web page is in Chinese and English. Feel free to surfing my web:
<http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/9335/CLK4MP130DIY.html>

GNUE provides more information about Newton Encoding module(NTEncoding module) and his NTEncoding SDK in Japanese. If you are interested in it, surf his web, URL:<http://www.cyborg.or.jp/~gnue/>

Registration

This is a "Postcard-ware". If you want to register your copy of this package, send me a post card in your name, mailing address, phone number, and Email address to following mailing address:

Chun-Hsien Lin

No. 12, Ln. 192, Sec. 1, Shiuo-Lang Road,
Yungho, 23447
Taiwan, R.O.China

Copyright

)1997 Copyright by Lin's Bros Computer Center. All right reserved.

Email:jslin@eagle.seed.net.tw
URL:http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/9335/

NTEncoding SDK copyright by Makoto Nukai (GNUE). All right reserved.
Email: gnue@cyborg.or.jp
URL: http://www.cyborg.or.jp/~gnue/

History

1997/12/6
1.0       First release.