GB2312(5)

📦 version 15.1, in freebsd 14.5, freebsd 15.1

💖 GB2312(5) — File Formats Manual, but make it a group chat 💖

okay so bestie, this is the gb2312(5) page from the File Formats Manual, and it’s all about the GB2312 encoding method for Chinese text. no cap, it’s short but iconic. let’s get into it 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

gb2312 — GB2312 encoding method for Chinese text. that’s the whole name section, and she ate 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the synopsis is giving one-line wonder, and here it is exactly:

ENCODING "GB2312"

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

The GB2312 encoding implements GB 2312-1980, a PRC national standard for the encoding of simplified Chinese characters. periodt.

Multibyte characters in the GB2312 encoding can be one byte or two bytes long — literally both, she contains multitudes 😭.

GB 11383-1981 (ASCII) characters are represented by single bytes in the range 0x00 to 0x7F.

Simplified Chinese characters are represented by two bytes, both in the range 0xA1-0xFE. yep, both bytes live in that range, bestie ✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

go read these too, iykyk:

👑 STANDARDS 👑

The GB2312 encoding is believed to be compatible with GB 2312-1980. not me being careful with the wording — that’s what the page says, fr fr 💅

This standard has been superseded by GB 18030-2000, but it’s still in wide use. so she’s legacy, but she’s booked and busy 🌈

signing off from Debian, November 7, 2003 — this is GB2312(5), bestie 🫶💅

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