Question on GB encoding in glibc-2.1.X

Tung-Han Hsieh thhsieh@linux.org.tw
Tue May 11 18:57:00 GMT 1999


Hello,

I want to test the GB code locale on glibc-2.1.1. This GB code is
usually used in Mainland China, with the locale name zh_CN.GB2312.
I found one file named "libGB.so" in /usr/lib/gconv/ directory, 
but no file like "GB2312.so" or "GB.so". 

So I would like to ask that does glibc-2.1.X currently support GB 
encoding? I mean, can we use wcstombs() & mbstowcs() functions to
convert GB code string successfully? If yes, how can I do that?

Thank you very much for your reply in advance.

(We have a zh_CN.GB2312 locale data for test. If any one want to
 test it, you can get it from

	ftp://xcin.linux.org.tw/pub/xcin/xcin/i18n/i18n_tool.tar.gz

 In this tarball, the zh_CN.GB2312 subdirectory contains the appreciated
 locale data.)

T.H.Hsieh


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