---
name: "cef5conv"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "texlive-doc"
version: "2026.1-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cef5conv"
---

# cef5conv(1)

convert a TeX document in Big 5 encoding containing CEF macros into \`preprocessed' form.

## NAME

cef5conv - convert a TeX document in Big 5 encoding containing CEF macros into \`preprocessed' form.

## SYNOPSIS

**cef5conv** \< *infile* \> *outfile*

## DESCRIPTION

The **Chinese Encoding Framework** (**CEF**) developed by Christian Wittern \<cwittern@conline.central.de\> makes it possible to include CJK characters in various encodings using the SGML macros **&CX-aabb;** for Big 5 and CNS encoding and **&U-aabb;** for Unicode (**X** denotes a number between 0 and 7; 0 represents Big 5 encoding, 1-7 CNS encoding planes 1-7. **aabb** is either a decimal or hexadecimal number).

**cef5conv** converts the CEF macros of a Big 5 encoded document together with the Big5 encoding itself into a form which can directly processed with LaTeX 2e. It is identical to

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  **bg5conv** \< *infile* \| **cefconv** \> *outfile*

This filter is part of the **CJK** macro package for LaTeX 2e.

## SEE ALSO

[**sjisconv**(1)](/sjisconv/1.md), [**bg5conv**(1)](/bg5conv/1.md), [**cefconv**(1)](/cefconv/1.md), [**cefsconv**(1)](/cefsconv/1.md), [**extconv**(1)](/extconv/1.md),\
 the **CJK** documentation files.

## AUTHOR

Werner Lemberg \<wl@gnu.org\>