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diff --git a/doc/yaz-iconv-man.xml b/doc/yaz-iconv-man.xml
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--- a/doc/yaz-iconv-man.xml
+++ b/doc/yaz-iconv-man.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-
%local;
@@ -12,18 +12,20 @@
YAZ
&version;
+ Index Data
-
+
yaz-iconv
1
+ Commands
-
+
yaz-iconv
- YAZ Charcter set conversion utility
+ YAZ Character set conversion utility
-
+
yaz-iconv
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@
file
-
+
DESCRIPTION
yaz-iconv converts data in file in character
@@ -49,9 +51,9 @@
yaz-iconv reads from standard input.
-
+
OPTIONS
-
+
-ffrom]
@@ -80,14 +82,18 @@
-
+
ENCODINGS
The yaz-iconv command and the API as defined in
yaz/yaz-iconv.h is a wrapper for the
- library system call iconv. But YAZ' implementation also implements
- conversions on its own. So regardless of iconv, the following
- below are always supported by YAZ:
+ library system call iconv. But YAZ' iconv utility also implements
+ conversions on its own. The table below lists characters sets (or encodings).
+ that are supported by YAZ. Each character set is marked with either
+ encode or decode. If
+ an encoding is encode-enabled YAZ may convert to
+ to the designated encoding. If an encoding is decode-enabled, YAZ
+ may convert from the designated encoding.
@@ -95,8 +101,7 @@
The MARC8 encoding as defined by
- the Library of Congress. Most MARC21/USMARC records usees
- this encoding.
+ the Library of Congress. Most MARC21/USMARC records use this encoding.
@@ -145,7 +150,7 @@
iso5426 (decode)
- ISO 5426. Some MARC records (UNIMARC) uses this encoding.
+ ISO 5426. Some MARC records (UNIMARC) use this encoding.
@@ -161,7 +166,16 @@
advancegreek (encode, decode)
- An encoding for Greek used by some vendors (Advance).
+ An encoding for Greek in use by some vendors (Advance).
+
+
+
+
+ danmarc (decode)
+
+
+ Danmarc (in danish) is
+ an encoding based on UNICODE which is used for DanMARC2 records.
@@ -173,10 +187,10 @@
The following command converts from ISO-8859-1 (Latin-1) to
UTF-8.
- yaz-iconv -f ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8 -X <input.lst >output.lst
+ yaz-iconv -f ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8 <input.lst >output.lst
-
+
FILES
@@ -196,15 +210,7 @@