<refsect1><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
<para>
- <command>yaz-iconv</command> converts data in file in character
+ <command>yaz-iconv</command> converts data in the character
set specified by <replaceable>from</replaceable> to output in
- character set as specified by <replaceable>to</replaceable>.
+ the character set as specified by <replaceable>to</replaceable>.
</para>
<para>
- This <command>yaz-iconv</command> utility similar to the
+ This <command>yaz-iconv</command> utility is similar to the
<command>iconv</command> found on many POSIX systems (Glibc, Solaris, etc).
</para>
<para>
The yaz-iconv command and the API as defined in
<filename>yaz/yaz-iconv.h</filename> is a wrapper for the
library system call iconv. But YAZ' iconv utility also implements
- conversions on its own. The table below lists characters sets (or encodings).
+ conversions on its own. The table below lists characters sets (or encodings)
that are supported by YAZ. Each character set is marked with either
<emphasis>encode</emphasis> or <emphasis>decode</emphasis>. If
- an encoding is encode-enabled YAZ may convert <emphasis>to</emphasis>
- to the designated encoding. If an encoding is decode-enabled, YAZ
+ an encoding is encode-enabled, YAZ may convert <emphasis>to</emphasis>
+ the designated encoding. If an encoding is decode-enabled, YAZ
may convert <emphasis>from</emphasis> the designated encoding.
</para>
<variablelist>
<term>marc8s (encode, decode)</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Like MARC8 but with conversion prefers non-combined characters
+ Like MARC8 but conversion prefers non-combined characters
in the Latin-1 plane over combined characters.
</para>
</listitem>