MtRecode The Multext character translation program Claude de Loupy, CNRS

MtRecode is a program for translation between various character sets, developed in the framework of the MULTEXT project. It has some of the functionality of the GNU recode tool, but it is based on different principles and is oriented towards SGML text manipulation. ISO 10646 is used internally as a pivot in the character translation process. When exact translation into a character is not possible, MtRecode can use SGML entities as a fallback. Conversely, MtRecode understands SGML entities in the input and can recode them into characters of the target character sets, if they exist. MtRecode is completely customizable: the user can add new character sets and/or entities by providing tables that map characters and entities to ISO 10646.

Contents

• Overview
• Character sets supported
• User Agreement
• Downloading MtRecode on your system
• Installing MtRecode on your system
• Using MtRecode
• Customizing MtRecode
• Known bugs and limitations

Credits

This software has been developed in the context of the MULTEXT project. It is based on the MULTEXT MtStr multilingual string library. Examples in this document have been designed with the MULTEXT multilingual text editor MtScript .

Author

Claude de Loupy

Laboratoire Parole et Langage
CNRS & Université de Provence
29, Avenue Robert Schuman
13621 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 1, France
tel : (+33) 42 95 36 34
fax : (+33) 42 59 50 96
e-mail: multext@lpl.univ-aix.fr

Other contributors

Various people have contributed to the conception, improvement and documentation of this software. Special thanks to Nancy Ide for her help on the documentation and Greg Priest-Dorman and Emmanuel Flachaire who tested MtRecode intensively.

Please send comments and suggestions to multext@lpl.univ-aix.fr.

Copyright © Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1996.

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