X-Git-Url: http://git.indexdata.com/?p=yaz-moved-to-github.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fyaz-iconv-man.xml;h=537e821799a075115607763dc1470d3254a312f7;hp=d8e6d70361e0357be7aee745a0be5fe2465290ba;hb=5541b773e8ee0e5c086946016c060f6f629bd410;hpb=49e8c1a3167e2ea965d1787b89e3ac731b590ad9 diff --git a/doc/yaz-iconv-man.xml b/doc/yaz-iconv-man.xml index d8e6d70..537e821 100644 --- a/doc/yaz-iconv-man.xml +++ b/doc/yaz-iconv-man.xml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ - %local; @@ -12,18 +12,20 @@ YAZ &version; + Index Data - + yaz-iconv 1 + Commands - + yaz-iconv - YAZ Charcter set conversion utility + YAZ Character set conversion utility - + yaz-iconv @@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ file - + DESCRIPTION yaz-iconv converts data in file in character @@ -49,9 +51,9 @@ yaz-iconv reads from standard input. - + OPTIONS - + -ffrom] @@ -85,67 +87,98 @@ The yaz-iconv command and the API as defined in yaz/yaz-iconv.h is a wrapper for the - library system call iconv. But YAZ' implementation also implements - conversions on its own. So regardless of iconv, the following - below are always supported by YAZ: + library system call iconv. But YAZ' iconv utility also implements + conversions on its own. The table below lists characters sets (or encodings). + that are supported by YAZ. Each character set is marked with either + encode or decode. If + an encoding is encode-enabled YAZ may convert to + to the designated encoding. If an encoding is decode-enabled, YAZ + may convert from the designated encoding. marc8 (encode, decode) + The MARC8 encoding as defined by the Library of Congress. Most MARC21/USMARC records usees this encoding. + marc8s (encode, decode) + Like MARC8 but with conversion prefers non-combined characters in the Latin-1 plane over combined characters. + marc8lossy (encode) + Lossy encoding of MARC-8. + marc8lossless (encode) + Lossless encoding of MARC8. + utf8 (encode, decode) + The most commonly used UNICODE encoding on the Internet. + iso8859-1 (encode, decode) + ISO-8859-1, AKA Latin-1. + iso5426 (decode) + ISO 5426. Some MARC records (UNIMARC) uses this encoding. + iso5428:1984 (encode, decode) + ISO 5428:1984. + advancegreek (encode, decode) + An encoding for Greek used by some vendors (Advance). + + + + danmarc (decode) + + + Danmarc (in danish) is + an encoding based on UNICODE which is used for DanMARC2 records. + + @@ -158,7 +191,7 @@ yaz-iconv -f ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8 -X <input.lst >output.lst - + FILES