added package.json to be able to intall via npm package manager, conv…

…erted readme to utf-8, added basic .gitignore file

.gitignore

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+# Created by .ignore support plugin (hsz.mobi)
+.idea
+.DS_store
+Thumbs.db
+logs
+*.log
+npm-debug.log*
+yarn-debug.log*
+yarn-error.log*
+pids
+*.pid
+*.seed
+*.pid.lock
+lib-cov
+coverage
+.nyc_output
+.grunt
+bower_components
+.lock-wscript
+build/Release
+node_modules/
+jspm_packages/
+typings/
+.npm
+.eslintcache
+.node_repl_history
+*.tgz
+.yarn-integrity
+.env
+*.asv
+*.m~
+*.mex*
+slprj/
+octave-workspace
+.autosave

README.txt

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ JSON. The detailed help info for the four functions can be found below:
 
           Nedialko Krouchev: http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/25713
              created on 2009/11/02
-          Fran�ois Glineur: http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/23393
+          François Glineur: http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/23393
              created on  2009/03/22
           Joel Feenstra:
           http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/20565

package.json

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+{
+  "name": "jsonlab",
+  "version": "1.5.0",
+  "description": "An open-source MATLAB/Octave JSON encoder and decoder",
+  "directories": {
+    "example": "examples"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/fangq/jsonlab.git"
+  },
+  "author": "Qianqian Fang <q.fang at neu.edu>",
+  "license": "GPL-3.0",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/fangq/jsonlab/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/fangq/jsonlab#readme"
+}