man mconv_define_coding () - Define a coding system.

NAME

mconv_define_coding - Define a coding system.

SYNOPSIS

MSymbol mconv_define_coding (const char * name, MPlist * plist, int(*)(MConverter *) resetter, int(*)(const unsigned char *, int, MText *, MConverter *) decoder, int(*)(MText *, int, int, unsigned char *, int, MConverter *) encoder, void * extra_info)

DESCRIPTION

The mconv_define_coding() function defines a new coding system and makes it accessive via a symbol whose name is name. plist specifies parameters of the coding system as below:

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Key is Mtype, value is a symbol

The value specifies the type of the coding system. It must be Mcharset, Mutf, Miso_2022, or Mnil.

If the type is Mcharset, extra_info is ignored.

If the type is Mutf, extra_info must be a pointer to MCodingInfoUTF.

If the type is Miso_2022, extra_info must be a pointer to MCodingInfoISO2022.

If the type is Mnil, the argument resetter, decoder, and encoder must be supplied. extra_info is ignored. Otherwise, they can be NULL and the m17n library provides proper defaults.

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Key is Mcharsets, value is a plist

The value specifies a list charsets supported by the coding system. The keys of the plist must be Msymbol, and the values must be symbols representing charsets.

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Key is Mflags, value is a plist

If the type is Miso_2022, the values specifies flags to control the ISO 2022 interpreter. The keys of the plist must e Msymbol, and values must be one of the following.

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Mreset_at_eo

If this flag exists, designation and invocation status is reset to the initial state at the end of line.

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Mreset_at_cnt

If this flag exists, designation and invocation status is reset to the initial state at a control character.

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Meight_bi

If this flag exists, the graphic plane right is used.

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Mlong_for

If this flag exists, the over-long escape sequences (ESC '$' '(' <final_byte>) are used for designating the CCS JISX0208.1978, GB2312, and JISX0208.

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Mdesignation_g

If this flag and Mfull_support exists, designates charsets not listed in the charset list to the graphic register G0.

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Mdesignation_g

If this flag and Mfull_support exists, designates charsets not listed in the charset list to the graphic register G1.

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Mdesignation_ctex

If this flag and Mfull_support exists, designates charsets not listed in the charset list to a graphic register G0 or G1 based on the criteria of the Compound Text.

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Mdesignation_ctext_ex

If this flag and Mfull_support exists, designates charsets not listed in the charset list to a graphic register G0 or G1, or use extended segment for such charsets based on the criteria of the Compound Text.

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Mlocking_shif

If this flag exists, use locking shift.

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Msingle_shif

If this flag exists, use single shift.

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Msingle_shift_

If this flag exists, use 7-bit single shift code (0x19).

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Meuc_tw_shif;

If this flag exists, use a special shifting according to EUC-TW.

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Miso_642

This flag is currently ignored.

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Mrevision_numbe

If this flag exists, use a revision number escape sequence to designate a charset that has a revision number.

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Mfull_suppor

If this flag exists, support all charsets registered in the International Registry.

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Key is Mdesignation, value is a plist

If the type is Miso_2022, the value specifies how to designate each supported characters. The keys of the plist must be Minteger, and the values must be numbers indicating a graphic registers. The Nth element value is for the Nth charset of the charset list. The value 0..3 means that it is assumed that a charset is already designated to the graphic register 0..3. The negative value G (-4..-1) means that a charset is not designated to any register at first, and if necessary, is designated to the (G+4) graphic register.

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Key is Minvocation, value is a plist

If the type is Miso_2022, the value specifies how to invocate each graphic registers. The plist length must be one or two. The keys of the plist must be Minteger, and the values must be numbers indicating a graphic register. The value of the first element specifies which graphic register is invocated to the graphic plane left. If the length is one, no graphic register is invocated to the graphic plane right. Otherwise, the value of the second element specifies which graphic register is invocated to the graphic plane right.

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Key is Mcode_unit, value is an integer

If the type is Mutf, the value specifies the bit length of a code-unit. It must be 8, 16, or 32.

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Key is Mbom, value is a symbol

If the type is Mutf and the code-unit bit length is 16 or 32, it specifies whether or not to use BOM (Byte Order Mark). If the value is Mnil (default), BOM is not used, else if the value is Mmaybe, the existence of BOM is detected at decoding time, else BOM is used.

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Key is Mlittle_endian, value is a symbol

If the type is Mutf and the code-unit bit length is 16 or 32, it specifies whether or not the encoding is little endian. If the value is Mnil (default), it is big endian, else it is little endian.

resette is a pointer to a function that resets a converter for the coding system to the initial status. The pointed function is called with one argument, a pointer to a converter object.

decode is a pointer to a function that decodes a byte sequence according to the coding system. The pointed function is called with four arguments:

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A pointer to the byte sequence to decode.
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The number of bytes to decode.
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A pointer to an M-text to which the decoded characters are appended.
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A pointer to a converter object.

decode must return 0 if it succeeds. Otherwise it must return -1.

encode is a pointer to a function that encodes an M-text according to the coding system. The pointed function is called with six arguments:

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A pointer to the M-text to encode.
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The starting position of the encoding.
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The ending position of the encoding.
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A pointer to a memory area where the produced bytes are stored.
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The size of the memory area.
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A pointer to a converter object.

encode must return 0 if it succeeds. Otherwise it must return -1.

extra_info

is a pointer to a data structure that contains extra information about the coding system. The type of the data structure depends on typ.

Return value:.RS 4

If the operation was successful, mconv_define_coding() returns a symbol whose name is name. If an error is detected, it returns Mnil and assigns an error code to the external variable merror_code.

ERRORS

MERROR_CODING