NAME Encode - character encodings SYNOPSIS use Encode; DESCRIPTION The "Encode" module provides the interfaces between Perl's strings and the rest of the system. Perl strings are sequences of characters. See "perldoc Encode" for the rest of the story INSTALLATION To install this module, type the following: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install To install scripts under bin/ directories also, perl Makefile.PL MORE_SCRIPTS make && make test && make install By default, only enc2xs and piconv are installed. To install *.ucm files also, say perl Makefile.PL INSTALL_UCM make && make test && make install By default, *.ucm are not installed. DEPENDENCIES This module requires perl5.7.3 or later. MAINTAINER This project was originated by Nick Ing-Simmons and later maintained by Dan Kogai . See AUTHORS for the full list of people involved. QUESTIONS? If you have any questions which "perldoc Encode" does not answer, please feel free to ask at perl-unicode@perl.org.