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-=* Convert::Ethiopic *=-
Tools for working with Ethiopic text in Perl
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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 me …