kc3-lang/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/wcswidth.texi

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  Date : 2011-02-06T15:51:55
  

  New module 'wcswidth'.
  
  * modules/wcswidth: New file.
  * lib/wchar.in.h (wcswidth): New declaration.
  * lib/wcswidth.c: New file.
  * lib/wcswidth-impl.h: New file, from libutf8 with modifications.
  * m4/wcswidth.m4: New file.
  * m4/wchar_h.m4 (gl_WCHAR_H): Test whether wcswidth is declared.
  (gl_WCHAR_H_DEFAULTS): Initialize GNULIB_WCSWIDTH, HAVE_WCSWIDTH,
  REPLACE_WCSWIDTH.
  * modules/wchar (Makefile.am): Substitute GNULIB_WCSWIDTH,
  HAVE_WCSWIDTH, REPLACE_WCSWIDTH.
  * tests/test-wchar-c++.cc: Test the declaration of wcswidth.
  * doc/posix-functions/wcswidth.texi: Mention the new module.
  

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• doc/posix-functions/wcswidth.texi

• @node wcswidth
  @section @code{wcswidth}
  @findex wcswidth
  
  POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/wcswidth.html}
  
  Gnulib module: wcswidth
  
  Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
  @itemize
  @item
  This function is missing on some platforms:
  OpenBSD 3.8, IRIX 5.3, Solaris 2.5.1, mingw, BeOS.
  @item
  This function handles combining characters in UTF-8 locales incorrectly on some
  platforms:
  MacOS X 10.3.
  @end itemize
  
  Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
  @itemize
  @item
  On AIX and Windows platforms, @code{wchar_t} is a 16-bit type and therefore cannot
  accommodate all Unicode characters.
  @end itemize
  

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