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 <dankogai@dan.co.jp>.  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.