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1NAME
2 Encode - character encodings
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4SYNOPSIS
5 use Encode;
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7DESCRIPTION
8 The "Encode" module provides the interfaces between Perl's
9 strings and the rest of the system. Perl strings are
10 sequences of characters.
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12 See "perldoc Encode" for the rest of the story
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14INSTALLATION
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16To install this module type the following:
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18 perl Makefile.PL
19 make
20 make test
21 make install
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23To install scripts under bin/ directories also,
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037b88d6 25 perl Makefile.PL MORE_SCRIPTS
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26 make && make test && make install
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28by default, only enc2xs and piconv are installed.
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30To install *.ucm files also, say
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32 perl Makefile.PL INSTALL_UCM
33 make && make test && make install
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3ef515df 35by default, *.ucm are not installed.
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37DEPENDENCIES
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3ef515df 39This module requires perl5.7.3 or later.
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41QUESTIONS?
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43If you have any questions "perldoc Encode" does not answer, please
44feel free to ask at perl-unicode@perl.org.