Frequently asked questions

Here are a bunch of technical notes and tutorials on some topics of Chinese text computing. If you have any questions, feel free to drop me a note.

1. Displaying and editing Chinese
   1. Windows XP/Vista/7 (Current)
   2. Windows 95/98/NT/2000 (Outdated! Kept here for archive purposes only)
   3. MacOS
   4. UNIX: If you are a unix person, you are on your own :-).
      • Check the linux Chinese HOW-TO from the Linux Documentation Project.
2. Chinese encoding standards
   1. GB2312-80
   2. Big5
   3. GBK
   4. GB18030
3. Segmenting Chinese characters in running text
   1. Perl script
   2. C script
4. Install SIL IPA font and display IPA symbols in webpages
5. Programming tips
6. A working definition of words and phrases in written Chinese
7. A working definition of sentences in written Chinese
8. Mutual information
9. tscore