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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
Define a coding system. The mconv_define_coding() function defines a new coding system and makes it
accessible via a symbol whose name is name. plist specifies parameters of the coding system as below:
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Mreset_at_eol
If this flag exists, designation and invocation status is reset to the initial state at the end of line.
• Mreset_at_cntl
If this flag exists, designation and invocation status is reset to the initial state at a control
character.
• Meight_bit
If this flag exists, the graphic plane right is used.
• Mlong_form
If this flag exists, the over-long escape sequences (ESC '$' '(' <final_byte>) are used for designating
the CCS JISX0208.1978, GB2312, and JISX0208.
• Mdesignation_g0
If this flag and Mfull_support exists, designates charsets not listed in the charset list to the graphic
register G0.
• Mdesignation_g1
If this flag and Mfull_support exists, designates charsets not listed in the charset list to the graphic
register G1.
• Mdesignation_ctext
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.
• Mdesignation_ctext_ext
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.
• Mlocking_shift
If this flag exists, use locking shift.
• Msingle_shift
If this flag exists, use single shift.
• Msingle_shift_7
If this flag exists, use 7-bit single shift code (0x19).
• Meuc_tw_shift
If this flag exists, use a special shifting according to EUC-TW.
• Miso_6429
This flag is currently ignored.
• Mrevision_number
If this flag exists, use a revision number escape sequence to designate a charset that has a revision
number.
• Mfull_support
If this flag exists, support all charsets registered in the International Registry.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
resetter 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.
decoder is a pointer to a function that decodes a byte sequence according to the coding system. The
pointed function is called with four arguments:
• A pointer to the byte sequence to decode.
• The number of bytes to decode.
• A pointer to an M-text to which the decoded characters are appended.
• A pointer to a converter object.
decoder must return 0 if it succeeds. Otherwise it must return -1.
encoder is a pointer to a function that encodes an M-text according to the coding system. The pointed
function is called with six arguments:
• A pointer to the M-text to encode.
• The starting position of the encoding.
• The ending position of the encoding.
• A pointer to a memory area where the produced bytes are stored.
• The size of the memory area.
• A pointer to a converter object.
encoder 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 type.
RETURN VALUE
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
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2001 Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA)
Copyright (C) 2001-2011 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
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Version 1.6.2 12 Jan 2011 mconv_define_coding(3m17n)