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>.