NAME

       unicode::iconvert::convert, unicode::ucs_4, unicode::ucs_2, unicode::utf_8,
       unicode::iso_8859_1 - unicode character set conversion

SYNOPSIS

       #include <courier-unicode.h>

       extern const char unicode::ucs_4[];
       extern const char unicode::ucs_2[];
       extern const char unicode::utf_8[];
       extern const char unicode::iso_8859_1[];

       std::string unicode::iconvert::convert(const std::string &text,
                                              const std::string &srccharset,
                                              const std::string &dstcharset);

       std::string unicode::iconvert::convert(const std::string &text,
                                              const std::string &srccharset,
                                              const std::string &dstcharset, bool &errflag);

       std::string unicode::iconvert::convert(const std::vector<unicode_char> &text,
                                              const std::string &dstcharset);

       std::string unicode::iconvert::convert(const std::vector<unicode_char> &text,
                                              const std::string &dstcharset, bool &errflag);

       bool unicode::iconvert::convert(const std::string &text, const std::string &charset,
                                       std::vector<unicode_char> &text);

DESCRIPTION

       The overloaded unicode::convert::convert() functions convert:

       ·   A text string between two different character sets, returning the new string.

       ·   A vector of unicode characters (not null-terminated) to a character string in a
           supported character set.

       ·   Initialize a vector of unicode characters, passed by reference, by converting a text
           string in a given character set to unicode.

       These functions use iconv(3), and can use any character set that's supported by iconv(3).
       Use unicode::ucs_2 and unicode::ucs_4 to specify the 16 and the 32 bit unicode octet in
       native byte order. Use unicode::utf_8 and unicode::iso_8859_1 to specify these two
       standard character sets. The overloaded versions that pass a reference to a bool set the
       flag to true if some characters could not be converted. The overloaded version that
       initializes a unicode vector returns the bool flag, instead.

SEE ALSO

       courier-unicode(7), unicode::convert::convert_tocase(3), unicode_convert(3), iconv(3)[1].

AUTHOR

       Sam Varshavchik
           Author

NOTES

        1.

                      iconv(3)
           http://manpages.courier-mta.org/htmlman3/iconv.3.html