3 March 1999

Jconv, jcode, and jchar are handy command-line tools 
for converting and inspecting Japanese text codes and 
generating Japanese code sets.  All three tools support 
the three basic Japanese codes most commonly used in 
text files, e-mail messages, and on the World Wide Web: 
JIS, Shift-JIS, and EUC.

The programs in this package are straight ports for 
OS/2 of original C-language programs written by 
Ken Lunde, author of _CJKV Information Processing_ 
(O'Reilly & Associates) -- a must-read for anyone 
dealing with Japanese or other East-Asian scripts in 
the context of computers and information processing.

The OS/2 executables require the latest version of the 
emx Runtime Package (emxrt 0.9d revision 60, available 
from Hobbes and other OS/2 file-archive sites).

These are the three tools included in this package:

 jconv.exe -- general-purpose Japanese code 
              conversion tool
 jcode.exe -- Japanese code inspection tool
 jchar.exe -- generates various Japanese character sets

Running each program with the -h switch (e.g., 
"jconv -h") displays information on operation and 
available switches.  Sample output using the -h 
switch for each of the program is also included here, 
in the *.msg files.  The *.c source files contain even 
more info, including information on distribution and 
restrictions on usage.  The source code is also 
available from the original author's web site at 
<http://www.oreilly.com/~lunde/>.

If you have any questions or comments regarding the 
OS/2 ports, please contact me:

  Stephen A. Carter <scarter@hticn.com>

If you want to know more about the programs themselves 
or the complexities of working with Japanese and other 
East-Asian scripts, check out the original author's web 
site:

  Ken Lunde <http://www.oreilly.com/~lunde/>

