1NAME
2       Encode - character encodings
3
4SYNOPSIS
5           use Encode;
6
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.
11
12       See "perldoc Encode" for the rest of the story
13
14INSTALLATION
15
16To install this module, type the following:
17
18   perl Makefile.PL
19   make
20   make test
21   make install
22
23To install scripts under bin/ directories also,
24
25   perl Makefile.PL MORE_SCRIPTS
26   make && make test && make install
27
28By default, only enc2xs and piconv are installed.
29
30To install *.ucm files also, say
31
32   perl Makefile.PL INSTALL_UCM
33   make && make test && make install
34
35By default, *.ucm are not installed.
36
37DEPENDENCIES
38
39This module requires perl5.7.3 or later.
40
41MAINTAINER
42
43This project was originated by Nick Ing-Simmons and later maintained by
44Dan Kogai <dankogai@dan.co.jp>.  See AUTHORS for the full list of people
45involved.
46
47QUESTIONS?
48
49If you have any questions which "perldoc Encode" does not answer, please
50feel free to ask at perl-unicode@perl.org.
51