This is the README file for Locale::Maketext::Lexicon, a module providing
lexicon-handling backends, for "Locale::Maketext" to read from other
localization formats, such as PO files, MO files, or from databases via
the "Tie" interface.

For extracting translatable strings from source files, a "xgettext.pl"
utility is also installed by default.

You can also read my presentation "Web Localization in Perl" in the docs/
directory.  It gives an overview for the localization process, features
a comparison between Gettext, Msgcat and Maketext, and talks about my
experiences at localizing web applications based on HTML::Mason and the
Template Toolkit.

* Installation

Locale::Maketext::Lexicon uses the standard perl module install process:

    cpansign -v         # optional; see the SIGNATURE file for details
    perl Makefile.PL
    make                # or 'nmake' on Win32
    make test
    make install

* COPYRIGHT (The "MIT" License)

Copyright 2002-2006 by Audrey Tang <cpan@audreyt.org>.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is fur-
nished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
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