# File lib/glue/string.rb, line 64
        def self.to_greeklish(input)
                return nil unless input
                output = ""
                # gmosx: also parse new lines
                input.scan(/./m) { |w|
                        c = @@map_to_greeklish[w]
                        output << (c.nil?? w: c)
                }
                return output
        end