================================================= -=* Convert::Ethiopic *=- Tools for working with Ethiopic text in Perl ----------------------- README file for Convert-Ethiopic distribution: This package was originally developed as an interface to the LibEth programming library for Ethiopic text and information processing. The Ethiopic module is not a comprehensive interface to the LibEth library but the minimum to support the "LiveGeez" module which is an implementation of the LiveGe'ez Remote Processing Protocol. In version 0.20 of this package an OO interface has become more central, the functional interface is still supported for the functions of primary utility. The Cstocs.pm module is no longer being maintained as of version 0.20 as well. Future: Resyncronization with updated libeth. Most notably this would allow for a wider range of supported languages for the calendar conversions. Module Ethiopic::System: Creates an Ethiopic "system" object that holds conversion settings. Module Ethiopic::String: Implements an object for various character set code conversions. Character set systems are specified by a canonical name specified in the LiveGe'ez Remote Processing Protocol. Optional secondary conversion give the number of conversion possibilities at more than 68x9x2. Module Ethiopic::Number: Implements an object for various character set code conversions. Character set systems are specified by a canonical name specified in the LiveGe'ez Remote Processing Protocol. Optional secondary conversion give the number of conversion possibilities at more than 68x9x2. Module Ethiopic::File: Implements an object for various character set code conversions. Character set systems are specified by a canonical name specified in the LiveGe'ez Remote Processing Protocol. Optional secondary conversion give the number of conversion possibilities at more than 68x9x2. Module Ethiopic::Date: Implements an object for various calendar services. The most useful methods are EthiopicToGregorian, GregorianToEthiopic, and isEthiopianHoliday. Module Ethiopic::Char: Implements an object for various calendar services. The most useful methods are EthiopicToGregorian, GregorianToEthiopic, and isEthiopianHoliday. Program edate.pl: Gives you the current date and time with Ethiopic formatting in the languages Amharic and Tigrigna. Has oodles of options that can be combined together. See -? you will need an Ethiopic font and a terminal supporting UTF8. Program dates.pl: Performs a number of date conversions demonstrating usage. Program number.pl: Converts numbers passed as arguements from English to Ethiopic. Program string.pl: Converts string arguements between Ethiopic encoding systems. Program file.pl: Opens the "t/Hello.sera" test script and performs the default conversion. Installation: LibEth is required: http://libeth.sourceforge.net Download the tar.gz, unpack it, change to the Convert-Ethiopic-* directory. Then do perl Makefile.PL make make test make install Available: ftp://ftp.geez.org/pub/perl-unicode/ and from your favorite CPAN site in the authors/id/D/DY/DYACOB/ directory. Copyright: (c) 1998-2001 Daniel Yacob, yacob@ethiopiaonline.net. All rights reserved. This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.