// .TH gb\-to\-decimal 1 "16 may 97"
// .IX gb\-to\-decimal
// .\" See the copyright notice at the end of this file.
// .SH Name
// gb\-to\-decimal \- Convert GB chinese characters to decimal code
// 
// .SH Syntax
// .B  gb\-to\-decimal 
// .R < 
// .I infile 
// .R > 
// .I outfile
// 
// .SH Description
// .B gb\-to\-decimal
// reads a GB\-encoded Chinese text, replaces all ideograms by a decimal
// number enclosed in guillemots.
// .PP
// Assumes the ideograms are encoded in the GB 2312\-80 EUC-compatible format,
// where each ideogram consists of a row byte in the range 0xA1 to 0xF7
// and a column byte in the range 0xA1 to 0xFE.
// .PP
// .B gb\-to\-decimal
// assumes also that any byte that is
// not in GB encoding lies in the range 0x00 to 0xA0.
// Such bytes are copied unchanged to the output
// .SH Options
// .PP
// None.
// .SH Bugs
// Likely.
// 
// .SH Author
// Jorge Stolfi
// 
// .\"
// .\" (****************************************************************************)
// .\" (* (C) Copyright 1992 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)           *)
// .\" (*                    Campinas, SP, Brazil                                  *)
// .\" (*                                                                          *)
// .\" (* Author:                                                                  *)
// .\" (*                                                                          *)
// .\" (*   Jorge Stolfi        - CS Dept, UNICAMP <stolfi@dcc.unicamp.br>         *)
// .\" (*                                                                          *)
// .\" (* This file can be freely distributed, modified, and used for any          *)
// .\" (*   purpose, provided that this copyright and authorship notice is         *)
// .\" (*    included in any copy or derived version of this file.                 *)
// .\" (*                                                                          *)
// .\" (* DISCLAIMER: This software is offered ``as is'', without any guarantee    *)
// .\" (*   as to fitness for any particular purpose.  Neither the copyright       *)
// .\" (*   holder nor the authors or their employers can be held responsible for  *)
// .\" (*   any damages that may result from its use.                              *)
// .\" (****************************************************************************)
// .\"
// .\" Last edited on 2002-02-20 16:23:19 by stolfi