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diff --git a/converters/nkf/DESCR b/converters/nkf/DESCR index 3eb4a732c22..3eb27901141 100644 --- a/converters/nkf/DESCR +++ b/converters/nkf/DESCR @@ -1,8 +1,6 @@ -Nkf is a yet another kanji code converter between the different types -of kanji codes out there. It can convert between 7-bit JIS, MS-kanji -(shifted-JIS) or EUC. - -One of the most unique facilities of nkf is that it guesses the input -kanji code. It currently recognizes 7-bit JIS, MS-kanji (shifted-JIS) -and EUC. So users don't need to specify (or even know) the input -kanji code type. +nkf stands for "Network Kanji Filter," and it's a program used to +convert between various encodings used for Japanese character sets. It +handles ISO-2022-JP, Shift_JIS, EUC-JP, UTF-8, and some variants of the +above (such as the Microsoft version of Shift_JIS). As well, it can do +a limited amount of MIME decoding. It also can try to guess the input +encoding so that you don't have to specify it. |