NAME

       mconv_encode - Encode an M-text into a byte sequence.

SYNOPSIS

       int mconv_encode (MConverter * converter, MText * mt)

DESCRIPTION

       Encode an M-text into a byte sequence. The mconv_encode() function encodes M-text mt and writes the
       resulting byte sequence into the buffer area or the stream that is currently bound to code converter
       converter.

RETURN VALUE

           If the operation was successful, mconv_encode() returns the number of written bytes. Otherwise it
           returns -1 and assigns an error code to the external variable merror_code.

ERRORS

           MERROR_IO, MERROR_CODING

SEE ALSO

           mconv_rebind_buffer(), mconv_rebind_stream(), mconv_decode(), mconv_encode_range()

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2001 Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA)
       Copyright (C) 2001-2011 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
       Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free
       Documentation License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html>.