In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] writes: > Why does iconv choose Private Use Area > $ echo =C7=CD=C7=B9=C7=AF=C7=EF| > perl -MMIME::QuotedPrint -wne 'print decode_qp($_)'| > iconv -f big5 -t utf8|uni2ascii -wq > 0xF77A 0xF766 0xF75C 0xF79C > over U+30D1 KATAKANA LETTER PA, etc.?
It seems that those characters are hkscs extension to big5. Try '-f big5-hkscs' instead of '-f big5'. Then you should get this: 0x30D1 0x30BD 0x30B3 0x30F3 --- Kenichi Handa [email protected] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

