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On Sun, 6 Jun 2004 01:58:44 +0200, Giuseppe Bilotta
== #!/usr/bin/perl
use strict; use warnings;
open(NEW,">new.tex"); #opens file to print out the result
while (<>) { #this opens the file for reading
$_ =~ s/\xD8\xA7/A/g; #this is the actual conversion $_ =~ s/\xD8\xA8/b/g; #this is the actual conversion $_ =~ s/\xD8\xAC/j/g; #this is the actual conversion $_ =~ s/\xD8\xAF/d/g; #this is the actual conversion $_ =~ s/\xD9\x87/h/g; #this is the actual conversion $_ =~ s/\xD9\x88/w/g; #this is the actual conversion $_ =~ s/\xD8\xB2/z/g; #this is the actual conversion
print NEW "$_"; #and this writes the result into file "new.tex" }
close(NEW); ===
It works! I'll try to finish a basic script that works for Lagally's ArabTeX transcription (that I use) and post it here and on the aleph list. One question: The hex for e.g. alif is 0627; how did you get D8A7 from that for purposes of the script (so I can follow along for the rest)? Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523