NAME

       Encode::Arabic::ArabTeX::ZDMG - ZDMG phonetic transcription of Arabic using the ArabTeX
       notation

SYNOPSIS

           use Encode::Arabic::ArabTeX::ZDMG;  # imports just like 'use Encode' would, plus extended options

           while ($line = <>) {                # maps the ArabTeX notation for Arabic into the Latin symbols

               print encode 'utf8', decode 'zdmg', $line;        # 'ZDMG' alias 'ArabTeX-ZDMG'
           }

           # ArabTeX lower ASCII transliteration <--> Latin phonetic transcription, ZDMG style

           $string = decode 'ArabTeX-ZDMG', $octets;
           $octets = encode 'ArabTeX-ZDMG', $string;

DESCRIPTION

       ArabTeX is an excellent extension to TeX/LaTeX designed for typesetting the right-to-left
       scripts of the Orient. It comes up with very intuitive and comprehensible lower ASCII
       transliterations, the expressive power of which is even better than that of the scripts.

       Encode::Arabic::ArabTeX::ZDMG implements the rules needed for proper interpretation of the
       ArabTeX notation of Arabic into the phonetic transcription in the ZDMG style.  The
       conversion ifself is done by Encode::Mapper, and the user interface is built on the
       Encode::Encoding module.

       Relevant guidance is given in Encode::Arabic::ArabTeX, from which this module inherits.
       The transformation rules are, however, quite different ;)

SEE ALSO

       Encode::Arabic::ArabTeX, Encode::Arabic, Encode::Mapper, Encode::Encoding, Encode

       ArabTeX system      <ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/arabtex/arabtex.htm>

       Klaus Lagally       <http://www.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/ifi/bs/people/lagall_e.htm>

       ArabTeX extensions  <http://sourceforge.net/projects/encode-arabic/>

       ArabXeTeX           <http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=arabxetex>

       Encode Arabic: Exercise in Functional Parsing
           <http://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/padt/online/2006/06/encode-arabic.html>

AUTHOR

       Otakar Smrz "<otakar-smrz users.sf.net>", <http://otakar-smrz.users.sf.net/>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright (C) 2003-2010 Otakar Smrz

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as Perl itself.