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.TH CDTOA 1  "13 May 1992"
.SH NAME
cdtoa \- To convert the binary format of a dictionary back to
        text format.
.SH SYNOPSIS
cdtoa  [-n] [-s] [-z] [-e] [-E]  
.I infilename 
       [-h 
.I cixingfile
]  [
.I usagefreqfile
]
.SH DEFAULT PATH
/usr/local/bin/cWnn4/cdtoa
.ad
.SH DESCRIPTION
To convert the binary format of the dictionary to text 
.sp 0
format, and output to standard output(stdout).  

.I infilename 
is the name of the input binary format 
.sp 0
dictionary.

The output may be piped into a file by using the ">" 
.sp 0
command.  For example,
.sp 0
        cdtoa  dict.dic  >  dict.u
.sp 0
"dict.u" here is the output text format dictionary, while the "dict.dic" 
is the input binary format dictionary.

.I usagefreqfile
may indicate more than one user usage 
frequency files (for a particular user).  These usage frequency information 
will be reflected in the text format dictionary created. 
.SH OPTIONS
.IP -s 
To order the entries in text dictionary according to Pinyin or Zhuyin.
.IP -n
To attach sequence numbers to the output.
.IP -z
To convert the binary format back to text format in Zhuyin.  
.sp 0
(Note: default is Pinyin)
.IP -e
If the Hanzi inside the text dictionary contains characters such as space 
and tab, they will be compacted to special format. (Default)
.IP -E 
If the Hanzi inside the text dictionary contains characters such as space 
and tab, they will NOT be compacted to special format.
.IP -h 
.I cixingfile  
.sp 0
To specify the Cixing definition file.
.SH NOTE
.IP 1.
The parts in [ ] are options.  They may be omitted.
.IP 2.
The Pinyin and Zhuyin dictionary has the same format.
.IP 3.
The default conversion result of the text dictionary is in Pinyin.