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A Big5/GBK <-> UTF-8 translating layer in terminal

bug5 is a Big5/GBK <-> UTF-8 translating layer in terminal. It's modified from script(1).

Features that screen doesn't have: Autoset locale UAO Unpad padded ambiguous-width characters ANSI-Broken Big5 (eg. Double Color) fixing Transliteration Optional Traditional-Simplified conversion BSD License Specifying size for slave terminal + auto scrolling region setting

Features that both bug5 and screen has: Optional (no/auto/always) ambiguous-width characters padding Specify I/O conversion

Dependency: bsdconv

Examples: bug5 -u ssh [email protected] #for CJK-aware terminal bug5 -up ssh [email protected] #auto pad ambiguous-width characters padding bug5 -upp ssh [email protected] #always pad ambiguous-width characters padding bug5 -gpt telnet -8 newsmth.net bug5 -up -s 80x24 telnet -8 bbs.hs.ntnu.edu.tw

#I/O with UTF-8, with padding for ambiguous-width characters
bug5 -8p

See Also: https://github.com/buganini/misc-scripts/blob/master/noidle

Related projects: screen luit hztty