Table of Contents
1.General
1.1 What is FHY?
1.2 Where Do I Send FHY My Article Contributions,
Comments, Questions?
1.3 Does FHY Have an English Version?
1.4 Who Are FHY Editors?
1.5 Where Is This FAQ Stored?
1.6 What Do FCSSC, CSSA, CSSP, and LYH Stand for?
2. Chinese Software Related
2.1 Without Chinese Software, Am I Able to Read FHY?
2.2 What Is the Simplest Chinese Software
for Beginners to Start?
2.3 Where Can I Get the Related Chinese Softwares?
2.4 Where Can I Find More Technical Help Files?
3. Mailing List Related
3.1 Is Subscription to FHY Free?
3.2 How to Sign On (Subscribe To) FHY Lists?
3.3 How to Sign Off (Unsubscribe From) FHY Lists
3.4 How to Change My Email Addresses on FHY Lists?
3.5 When Signed on FHY HZ to listserv@ucalgary.ca,
I Got an Error Message, Why?
3.6 As A FHY gb/hz Subscriber, I Did Not Receive
Last Issue, Why?
3.7 I Can't Read the Received/Fetched FHY,
but I Can Read Other CMs, Why?
4. GB/HZ/BIG5/PS Versions Related
4.1 What Are Those GB, HZ, BIG5, PS Versions of FHY?
4.2 I Was Told That It's a 'Mistake' to Make My Own FHY
PS Version for Printing, Why Is It a 'Mistake'?
4.3 Why Can't I subscribe to FHY PS Version?
5. FTP Related
5.1 Where to Get the Published Issues of FHY?
5.2 What Are Stored at FHY ftp Site?
5.3 How to Get the Published Issues of FHY?
5.4 How Come the FHY ftp Does Not Work for Me?
5.5 How Can I Get the Published Issues
If I Don't Have ftp Access?
5.6 Can You Give Me Your Password and Login Name?
I Failed to Login FHY FTP.
6. Reading FHY through Other Internet Means
6.1 Can I Read FHY through WWW Service?
6.2 Can I Read FHY through Gopher Service?
6.3 Can I Read FHY Posted on Newsgroups under MS-Windows?
7. Uudecoding Related
7.1 Do I Need to Strip Off the Header Part
Before Uudecoding?
7.2 What Are the Common Problems with uudecoder?
7.3 What Can "uudz" Do More Than An Ordinary Uudecoder?
8. Decompress Related
8.1 How to Uncompress fhy##.ps.Z?
8.2 How to Decompress A .gz File?
(ToC) 1.General
(ToC )1.1 What is FHY?
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FHY stands for "Feng Hua Yuan" (Maple)(China)(Garden) or "Chinese Maple
Garden" for its English name. It's the FCSSC's electronic Chinese
newsmagazine distributed worldwide through computer networks.
(ToC) 1.2 Where Do I Send FHY My Article Contributions, Comments, Questions?
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Please send them to: fhy-cm@uwalpha.uwinnipeg.ca
Our editors on duty will serve your request.
If you had difficulty using our listservs to sign on/off or change your
email address, when post your question to this list, please include the
error msg you got from the listserv. This will help us to diagnose your
problem quickly.
(ToC) 1.3 Does FHY Have an English Version?
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No, FHY does not have an English version. It is a Chinese publication.
If we have enough manpower, we'd like to have one. FCSSC News Release
(NR) is in English, and carries a lot of FCSSC, CSSAs, CSSP news. To
subscribe to it, send an E-mail to listserv@VM.UCS.UALBERTA.CA with
the following one-line message as the command:
SUB FCSSCN-L Your Name
(ToC) 1.4 Who Are FHY Editors?
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We are all volunteers. Occupations: students, scholars, professionals,
..... even family members. A group of people who love Chinese Culture.
Interests: Chinese writing, editing, translating, networking, Chinese
computing, making friends, ...
(ToC) 1.5 Where Is This FAQ Stored?
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The most updated version of this FAQ is under the main FHY directory of
fhy ftp site. File name: fhy.faq
uwalpha.uwinnipeg.ca or cnd.org: pub/fcssc/fhy/HELP/fhy.faq
This file can also be retrieved by sending a one-line command
help fhy-faq
to listserv@uwalpha.uwinnipeg.ca
(ToC) 1.6 What Do FCSSC, CSSA, CSSP, and LYH Stand for?
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FCSSC: Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars in Canada
CSSA: Chinese Students and Scholars Association
CSSP: Chinese Students, Scholars, and Professionals
LYH: Lian Yi Hui in Chinese pinyin
(ToC) 2. Chinese Software Related
(ToC) 2.1 Without Chinese Software, Am I Able to Read FHY?
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Yes, if you know how to view/display or print ordinary PostScript files.
FHY PS (PostScript) version is for printing purpose with some artistic
design. You may view FHY PS version with "pageview" in OpenWindow on
Sun WorkStation, or "ghostscript" or "ghostview" on many workstations.
Or you can view it via WWW.
You may also print FHY PS file on a PS laser printer. The printing time
ranges from a few minutes through 30 minutes, depending on the speed
of your laser printer.
(ToC) 2.2 What Is the Simplest Chinese Software for Beginners to Start?
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For beginners, we recommend BYX1.1 for your viewing/editing GB on PC,
ChiRK for viewing GB/BIG5/HZ on Unix workstation.
ftp site: ftp.ifcss.org[128.123.1.55]:pub/software/dos/editor
filename: byx11edt.zip byx11edt.doc
ftp site: ftp.ifcss.org[128.123.1.55]:pub/software/unix/viewer
filename: ChiRK-1.2a.readme ChiRK-1.2a.tar.gz
(ToC) 2.3 Where Can I Get the Related Chinese Softwares?
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A popular ftp site is "ftp.ifcss.org", under directory "pub/software". Softwares
are grouped in Unix, Dos, Mac, Vms, etc, and are classified as viewer, editor,
print, convert, utilities, etc.
(ToC) 2.4 Where Can I Find More Technical Help Files?
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- FAQ on a.c.t. (alt.chinese.text)
- FAQ on a.c.t.big5
- FAQ on s.c.h. (soc.culture.hongkong)
- WWW at the University of Regina,
http://www.biol.uregina.ca/liu/pub/read-chn.shtml
- "catalogue" file at ftp site ftp.ifcss.org: pub/software/
- ...
(ToC) 3. Mailing List Related
(ToC) 3.1 Is Subscription to FHY Free?
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Yes, it's free of charge.
(ToC) 3.2 How to Sign On (Subscribe To) FHY Lists?
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To subscribe to FHY magazine, please send an email to one of the following
addresses:
versions E-Mail address one line message in the mail body
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GB: listserv@cunews.carleton.ca SUBSCRIBE FHY-GB Your Name
or listserv@[134.117.1.42]
HZ: listserv@uwalpha.uwinnipeg.ca SUBSCRIBE FHY-HZ Your Name
BIG5: listserv@uwalpha.uwinnipeg.ca SUBSCRIBE FHY-BIG5 Your Name
or listserv@[142.132.12.100]
PS: listserv@uwalpha.uwinnipeg.ca SUBSCRIBE FHY-PS Your Name
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(ToC) 3.3 How to Sign Off (Unsubscribe From) FHY Lists
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To unsubscribe to FHY magazine, please send an email to one of the
following addresses:
versions E-Mail address one line message in the mail body
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GB: listserv@cunews.carleton.ca UNSUBSCRIBE FHY-GB
or listserv@[134.117.1.42]
HZ: listserv@uwalpha.uwinnipeg.ca UNSUBSCRIBE FHY-HZ
BIG5: listserv@uwalpha.uwinnipeg.ca UNSUBSCRIBE FHY-BIG5
or listserv@[142.132.12.100]
PS: listserv@uwalpha.uwinnipeg.ca UNSUBSCRIBE FHY-PS
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(ToC) 3.4 How to Change My Email Addresses on FHY Lists
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Use the combination of the above: sign off from your old account, then
sign on the list from your new account.
(ToC) 3.5 When Signed on FHY HZ to listserv@ucalgary.ca, I Got an Error Msg, Why?
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The list of CSSADS-L in the site of listserv@ucalgary.ca is the old list
name. The new HZ list processor is in listserv@uwalpha.uwinnipeg.ca as
"FHY-HZ". Please try again.
(ToC) 3.6 As A FHY gb/hz Subscriber, I Did Not Receive Last Issue, Why?
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First you may want to know if you are still on the list. To do so, you
may unsub the list from the account you sent your sub request. If the
ack from the listserv says your name does not appear on the list, then
indeed you are not on. In either case, resub to the list.
If your host was down during last fhy release, the fhy issue sent to you
could get lost. Or after seeing an issue bounced back from your machine,
your subscription was removed by our list maintainer. You simply sign on
again.
You could report your problem to us if you haven't got fhy for long
period. For temporary arrangement, you can get FHY from fhy ftp site.
(ToC) 3.7 I Can't Read the Received/Fetched FHY, but I Can Read Other CMs, Why?
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Technically, FHY is no different from other CMs when delivering gb and hz
versions to its subscribers.
If you receive GB version from fhy-gb list, what you received is a uuencoded
ascii file. You need to convert it to binary gb file with variety of
uudecoders, such as 'uudecode' on Unix machine, 'uud' on PC, ...
Then use your gb viewer/editor to view the fhy gb version.
If you get fhy##.gb from the ftp site, you should view it directly without
going through uudecoding.
If you receive HZ version from cssads-l list, you view it with your hz viewer.
There is no uudecoding step involved.
Last, when you download a fhy file
- from the ftp site to your host machine, and/or
- from your host machine to your PC at home
you need to set transfer mode correctly according to the file type,
fhy##.gb binary
fhy##.bg5 binary
fhy##.uue ascii
fhy##.hz ascii
fhy##.ps.Z binary
or it may cause the trouble.
(ToC) 4. GB/HZ/BIG5/PS Versions Related
(ToC) 4.1 What Are Those GB, HZ, BIG5, PS Versions of FHY?
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In the simplest term, GB is usually for jian ti zi (simplified char.) reading.
HZ is for on-line jian ti zi reading. BIG5 is usually for fan ti zi
(traditional char.) reading. PS is for laser printing and direct PS viewing.
For reading purpose, you need only one of the above four versions.
For subscribing purpose, you need only GB or HZ version.
For quality printing purpose, you need PS version.
(ToC) 4.2 I Was Told That It's a 'Mistake' to Make My Own FHY PS Version for
Printing, Why Is It a 'Mistake'?
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It might be a bit exaggerated to call it a mistake. But there are good
reasons for printing fhy ps version from the ftp site whenever you can.
There is a fhy postscript (PS) version on fhy ftp site. FHY editors
spend hours to make the good layout and add artistic flavors. FHY is
proud of its PS version which combine artistic graphics with Chinese
characters. For example, multiple fonts and sizes for characters are
used; a graphic fhy cover is added; artistic graphics and even authors'
signatures are included in some issues.
The PS version you made by directly converting gb to ps with some gb2ps
conversion program have all characters in one font and one size, no
added graphics design etc. It's merely a raw ps version. You might think
it saves your trouble to ftp a fhy ps file. However, after you compare
two PS files you'll find the big difference and realize which one is
worth printing (and photocopying for your friends).
If being unable to access to FHY ftp site, readers can use CNPRINT to
convert GB to PS.
(ToC) 4.3 Why Can't I subscribe to FHY PS Version?
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Due to the large size of PS file, we can't transmit it via email. You can only
get it from our ftp sites. Again due to its large size, most ftp sites only
store one current issue.
(ToC) 5. FTP Related
(ToC) 5.1 Where to Get the Published Issues of FHY?
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ftp: uwalpha.uwinnipeg.ca 142.132.1.50
login name: ftp or anonymous
password: your email address
dir: pub/fcssc/fhy/
subdir: GB/ all issues
HZ/ all issues
BIG5/ all issues
PS/ all issues
HELP/ some help files
INDEX/ table of contents of all issues in English, hz/gb/big5
courtesy of Liao Xinmeng
maintainer Liao Xinmeng
ftp: cnd.org 132.249.229.100
login name: ftp or anonymous
password: your email address
dir: pub/fcssc/fhy/
subdir: as above except there is only one current issue under PS dir
courtesy of CND
maintainer Wen Bing
ftp: ftp.ifcss.org 128.123.1.55
login name: ftp or anonymous
password: your email address
dir: pub/org/fhy all issues of gb files
courtesy of IFCSS
maintainer Deng Dongping
ftp: PV6F01.vincent.iastate.edu
login name: anonymous.wangl (NOT anonymous; it's letter l, not digit 1)
password: fhy or anything
directory: fhy
files: fhy##.PS.Z, fhy##.gb, fhy##.hz, fhy##.bg5
one current issue only
courtesy of Zhan Kaijun
maintainer Zhan Kaijun
(ToC) 5.2 What Are Stored at FHY ftp Site?
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FHY GB versions: fhy01.gb, fhy02.gb, ... are stored under directory "GB".
FHY HZ versions: fhy01.hz, fhy02.hz, ... are stored under directory "HZ".
FHY BIG5 versions: fhy01.bg5, fhy02.bg5, ... are stored under directory "BIG5".
FHY artistic PS versions: fhy01.ps.Z, fhy02.ps.Z, ..., in Unix .Z compressed
form are stored under directory "PS". The artistic PS version is good for laser
printing and ps viewing.
Chinese table of contents of all issues: index.gb, index.bg5 are under FHY
INDEX directory.
(ToC) 5.3 How to Get the Published Issues of FHY?
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Here is an ftp session on Unix:
>ftp cnd.org
Name: ftp or type "anonymous"
Password: YourEmailAddress or just your login name
ftp> cd pub/fcssc/fhy
ftp> ls or dir
ftp> cd GB
ftp> bin set transmission mode to "binary"
ftp> get fhy04.gb get one issue
ftp> mget *.gb get all issues
ftp> quit
When download a file, set the transfer mode properly
"bin" for .gb, .bg5, .Z
"asc" for .hz, .ps, plain text
(ToC) 5.4 How Come the FHY ftp Does Not Work for Me?
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It may be caused by machine backup, temporary shut down, too many users are
accessing this ftp site, ... In any case, try an alternative FHY ftp.
(ToC) 5.5 How Can I Get the Published Issues If I Don't Have ftp Access?
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It's difficult now. We don't have ftp mail yet.
You may check newsgroup: alt.chinese.text to see if the recent one or two
still there. Otherwise, upon receiving your request the executive editors
of the issue requested may send you one.
In the long run, it's time for you to subscribe to FHY lists. So you won't
miss any issue of your interest in the future.
Or you may try FHY WWW and Gopher service.
(ToC) 5.6 Can You Give Me Your Password and Login Name? I Failed to Login FHY FTP.
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You don't need my login name and password to access anonymous ftp sites in
the world. When you access fhy ftp, at "login name" prompt, type "anonymous"
or "ftp". Then at password prompt give your e-address as the password.
It's a mistake to give your login name of your own system at "login name"
prompt, because on our ftp machine no such a login name (user id) is defined.
Not mention the non-existence of a password for an undefined login name.
(ToC) 6. Reading FHY through Other Internet Means
(ToC) 6.1 Can I Read FHY through WWW Service?
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Yes, quite a few WWW servers offer FHY files and here are some of
them with URLs:
http://uwalpha.uwinnipeg.ca:8001/fhyindex.html (GB)
http://www.ifcss.org:8001/www/pub/org/fhy/index.html (GB)
http://b.stat.purdue.edu:1280/fhy.html (Image GIF)
(ToC) 6.2 Can I Read FHY through Gopher Service?
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Yes, Host: sunrise.cc.mcgill.ca (HZ)
IP: 132.206.35.10
Port: 70
Path: 1/magazine/fhy
URL: gopher://sunrisesite.net/11/magazine/fhy
(ToC) 6.3 Can I Read FHY Posted on Newsgroups under MS-Windows?
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6.3 Can I Read FHY Posted on Newsgroups under MS-Windows?
Yes. The HZ version of FHY is posted on alt.chinese.text and some
chinese.*.* newsgroups, BIG5 version on alt.chinese.text.big5. To read
those files online under MS-Windows, you need either a Chinese system
for Windows or a terminal software which supports HZ/BIG5.
There is a demo version of Chinese system called TwinBridge which enables
the display of GB/BIG5 codes under Windows. To read HZ coded files, WinHZ
is another software you need beside TwinBridge. Start TwinBridge in GB
mode first, then WinHZ (note: close them in reverse order). You are ready
to edit/view GB/HZ files in Windows applications such as Notepad, Write,
MS-Word, Windows' Terminal or other terminal softwares, and so on. In case
you want to display BIG5 files only, change TwinBridge to BIG5 mode. Both
softwares are available at:
ftp.ifcss.org:/pub/software/ms-win/c-sys
cnd-b.cnd.org:/pub/software/ms-win/c-sys
SimpTerm is a terminal software for Windows which supports GB/BIG5/HZ
codes, and it is available at:
ftp.ifcss.org/pub/software/ms-win/networking/spterm08.exe
cnd-b.cnd.org/pub/software/ms-win/networking/spterm08.exe
(ToC) 7. Uudecoding Related
(ToC) 7.1 Do I Need to Strip Off the Header Part Before Uudecoding?
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Many cm readers strip off the header or text ahead of the begin line
begin 644 fhy15.gb
then do uudecoding. This is unnecessary because all uudecoders are smart
enough to detect the begin line. But none displays uudecoded file name.
(ToC) 7.2 What Are the Common Problems with uudecoder?
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It complains: "no begin line". It's likely you deleted it. Or the file you
are decoding is replied or forwarded from someone with "> " added in first
two columns. Cure: delete these two columns, or anything before "M..." or
"Y...".
It complains: "file is too short". The last two lines of an uuencoded file
should be
`
end
Many uuencoders gives a blank line above the "end" line. A few uudecoders
complains about this. Cure: add a "`" (not "'").
(ToC) 7.3 What Can "uudz" Do More Than An Ordinary Uudecoder?
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FHY has a Unix shell script "uudz" that displays uudecoded file name and
does much more. For details, get it from fhy ftp directory under HELP/.
(ToC) 8. Decompress Related
(ToC) 8.1 How to Uncompress fhy##.ps.Z?
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On unix, issue "uncompress fhy##.ps.Z"
(ToC) 8.2 How to Decompress A .gz File?
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On Unix, issue "gunzip filename.gz".
On Dos, issue "gzip -d filename.gz".
gzip uses the same algorithm as zip 2.0; it can also extract packed
and compressed files.
If you don't have above commands installed yet, you may get them from:
For Unix, MSDOS, OS/2, VMS, Atari, Amiga, Primos:
prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/gzip-1.2.4.tar (or .shar or .tar.gz : source)
prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/gzip-msdos-1.2.4.exe (MSDOS, lha self-extract)
garbo.uwasa.fi:/unix/arcers/gzip-1.2.4.tar.Z (source)
garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/unix/gzip124.zip (MSDOS exe, self-extract)
ftp.uu.net:/pub/archiving/zip/VMS/gzip123x.exe (VMS exe)
mac.archive.umich.edu:/mac/util/compression/macgzip0.2.cpt.hqx (Mac)
mac.archive.umich.edu:/mac/development/source/macgzip0.2src.cpt.hqx
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End of FAQ
Shunguo Liu
<liushus@Leroy.CC.URegina.CA>