NAME¶

LaTeX::Decode - Decode from LaTeX to Unicode

VERSION¶

Version 0.03

SYNOPSIS¶

    use LaTeX::Decode;
    my $latex_string = 'Mu\\d{h}ammad ibn M\\=us\=a al-Khw\\=arizm\\={\\i}';
    my $new_string   = latex_decode($latex_string); # => 'MuXammad ibn MXsX al-KhwXrizmX'

DESCRIPTION¶

EXPORT¶

FUNCTIONS¶

latex_decode($text, %options)¶

Decodes the given text from LaTeX to Unicode. The function accepts a number of options:

    * normalize => $bool (default 1)
        whether the output string should be normalized with Unicode::Normalize
    * normalization => <normalization form> (default 'NFC')
        and if yes, the normalization form to use (see the Unicode::Normalize documentation)
    * strip_outer_braces => $bool (default 0)
        whether the outer curly braces around letters+combining marks should be
        stripped off. By default "fut{\\'e}" becomes fut{e}, to prevent something
        like '\\textuppercase{\\'e}' to become '\\textuppercasee'. Setting this option to
        TRUE can be useful for instance when converting BibTeX files.

GLOBAL OPTIONS¶

The decoding scheme can be set with

    $LaTeX::Decode::DefaultScheme = '<name>';

Possible values are 'base', 'extra' and 'full'; default value is 'extra'. base => Most common macros and diacritics (sufficient for Western languages
and common symbols) extra => Also converts punctuation, larger range of diacritics and macros
(e.g. for IPA, Latin Extended Additional, etc.) full => Also converts symbols, Greek letters, dingbats, negated symbols, and
superscript characters and symbols ...

AUTHOR¶

Francois Charette, "<firmicus@cpan.org>"

BUGS¶

Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-latex-decode at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=LaTeX-Decode>. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE¶

Copyright 2009-2010 Francois Charette, all rights reserved. This module is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Artistic License 2.0. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.