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author | tjr <tjr@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-12-07 06:33:52 +0000 |
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committer | tjr <tjr@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-12-07 06:33:52 +0000 |
commit | 11f17fd074db7b1d7f92fec4275c2105cb941f85 (patch) | |
tree | 3f57bcd320ea6ee2a5226f446ba0f3d0f8db1859 /lib/libc/locale/wctomb.3 | |
parent | 412df50614470cff988f5c9b1b900e43245b3bd1 (diff) | |
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Split multibyte(3) into separate manual pages for each function.
Instead of just deleting it, turn the original page into a general
overview of the multibyte character conversion functions, somewhat
similar to stdio(3).
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/locale/wctomb.3')
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diff --git a/lib/libc/locale/wctomb.3 b/lib/libc/locale/wctomb.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f53f6c8 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/locale/wctomb.3 @@ -0,0 +1,111 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2002, 2003 Tim J. Robbins. All rights reserved. +.\" Copyright (c) 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" Donn Seeley of BSDI. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" From @(#)multibyte.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 +.\" From FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/locale/multibyte.3,v 1.22 2003/11/08 03:23:11 tjr Exp +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd November 19, 2003 +.Dt WCTOMB 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm wctomb +.Nd convert a wide-character code to a character +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libc +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In stdlib.h +.Ft int +.Fn wctomb "char *mbchar" "wchar_t wchar" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn wctomb +function converts a wide character +.Fa wchar +into a multibyte character and stores +the result in +.Fa mbchar . +The object pointed to by +.Fa mbchar +must be large enough to accommodate the multibyte character, which +may be up to +.Dv MB_LEN_MAX +bytes. +.Pp +A call with a null +.Fa mbchar +pointer returns nonzero if the current locale requires shift states, +zero otherwise; +if shift states are required, the shift state is reset to the initial state. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +If +.Fa mbchar +is +.Dv NULL , +the +.Fn wctomb +function returns nonzero if shift states are supported, +zero otherwise. +If +.Fa mbchar +is valid, +.Fn wctomb +returns +the number of bytes processed in +.Fa mbchar , +or \-1 if no multibyte character +could be recognized or converted. +.Sh ERRORS +The +.Fn wctomb +function will fail if: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.\".It Bq Er EINVAL +.\"Invalid argument. +.It Bq Er EILSEQ +An invalid multibyte sequence was detected. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr mbtowc 3 , +.Xr wcrtomb 3 , +.Xr wcstombs 3 , +.Xr wctob 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Fn wctomb +function conforms to +.St -isoC . +.Sh BUGS +The current implementation does not support shift states. |