eucset(1)

NAME

eucset — sets and gets code widths for ldterm

SYNOPSIS

eucset [-p]

eucset [ [-c HP15-codeset] or [-c UTF8] or [cswidth] ]

DESCRIPTION

The eucset command sets or gets (reports) the encoding and display widths of the Extended UNIX Code (EUC) and UCS Transformation Format (UTF8) characters processed by the current input terminal. EUC is an encoding method for codesets composed of single or multiple bytes. It permits applications and the terminal hardware to use the 7-bit US ASCII code and up to three single byte or multibyte code sets simultaneously.

The eucset command without any options, first tries to set the codeset to one of the four HP15 codesets. If unsuccessful, 7-bit US ASCII is used as the default codeset. This command must be used to specify any other EUC codesets, whether they are single byte or multibyte. See the WARNINGS section, for special warnings on the values of the cswidth argument.

To utilize this command for UTF8, specify UTF8 with the -c option.

Options

The eucset command recognizes the following options and arguments:

-p: Displays the current settings of the EUC character widths for the terminal.
-c: Sets the codeset to one of the four HP15 codesets or the UTF8 codeset. The HP15 codesets supported are SJIS, CCDC, GB, and BIG5.

EUC Code Set Classes

EUC divides codesets into four classes. Each codeset has two characteristics: the number of bytes for encoding the characters in the codeset, and the number of display columns to display the characters in the codeset. All characters within a codeset possess the same characteristics.

Codeset 0 consists of all 7-bit, single byte ASCII characters. The most significant bit of each of these characters is 0 (zero). Characters in codeset 0 require one byte for encoding, and occupy one display column. These values are fixed for codeset 0 (zero). The 7-bit US ASCII code is the primary EUC codeset, which is available to users without direct specification.
Codeset 1 is a supplementary EUC codeset. Codeset 1 characters have an initial byte whose most significant bit is 1. Characters in codeset 1 may require more than one byte for encoding, and may require more than one display column. The eucset command must be used to set the characteristics for codeset 1.
Codesets 2 and 3 are supplementary EUC codesets. Characters in these codesets have an initial byte of SS2 or SS3, respectively. They require more than one byte for encoding, and may require more than one display column. The eucset command must be used to set the characteristics for codesets 2 and 3.

The cswidth argument in the eucset command line is a character string that describes the character widths for codesets 1 through 3. This command does not allow the user to modify the settings for codeset 0. The character string is of the following format:

X1[:Y1],X2[:Y2],X3[:Y3]

The value X1 is the number of bytes required to encode a character in codeset class 1. Y1 is the number of display columns needed to display characters in this class. X2 is the number of bytes required to encode a character in codeset 2, not counting the SS2 byte, and Y2 is the number of display columns for codeset 2 characters. X3 is the number of bytes needed to encode characters in codeset 3, not counting the SS3 byte, and Y3 is the number of display columns required for these characters. The values for the column widths may be omitted if they are equal to the number of encoding bytes. If the encoding value of any of the EUC codesets is set to 0 (zero), this indicates that the codeset does not exist. See the WARNINGS section for special warnings on the values of the cswidth argument.

If no cswidth argument is supplied, the eucset command uses the value of the CSWIDTH environment variable. If this variable is not present, the following default string is substituted:

1:1,0:0,0:0

This default string designates that the environment uses a single byte EUC codeset that has characters in the EUC codeset 1 format. If the environment uses a multibyte EUC codeset in the codeset 1 format, single byte or multibyte EUC codesets in the codeset 2 or 3 format, or both, the default setting cannot be used.

EXTERNAL INFLUENCES

Environment Variables

LANG: Provide a default value for the internationalization variables that are unset or null. If LANG is not specified or is set to the empty string, a default of C (see lang(5)) is used instead of LANG. If any of the internationalization variables contain an invalid setting, eucset behaves as if all internationalization variables are set to C. See environ(5).
LC_ALL: If set to a nonempty string value, override the values of all other internationalization variables.
LC_MESSAGES: Determines the locale that should be used to affect the format and contents of diagnostic messages written to standard error and informative messages written to standard output.
NLSPATH: Determines the location of message catalogs for the processing of LC_MESSAGES.

EXAMPLES

To display the encoding and display widths for the EUC codesets 1 to 3 in your environment, enter:

eucset -p 

Assuming eucset has been previously used to set for ja_JP.eucJP, the entry generates the following:

cswidth 2:2,1:1,2:2 

To change the current settings of the encoding and display widths for the EUC characters in codesets 1 and 2 to two bytes each, enter one of the following:

eucset 2:2,2:2,0:0
eucset 2,2,0

To set the encoding and display widths for the EUC characters in the locale ja_JP.eucJP, enter:

eucset 2:2,1:1,2:2 

For zh_TW.eucTW, enter:

eucset 2:2,3:2 

For ko_KR.eucKR, enter:

eucset 2:2 

To set the codewidth to that of UTF8, enter:

eucset -c UTF8 

WARNINGS

The cswidth argument does not include the SS2 or SS3 bytes in the byte width values.

This command is not specified by standards, may not be available on other vendor's systems, and may be subject to change or obsolescence in a future release.

AUTHOR

eucset was developed by OSF and HP.