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| Libunistring |
| Computer languages | C,Shell script,M4 + |
|---|---|
| Documentation note | http://www.gnu.org/software/libunistring/manual/libunistring.html |
| Full description | Text files are nowadays usually encoded in … Text files are nowadays usually encoded in Unicode, and may consist of very different scripts ââ¬â from Latin letters to Chinese Hanzi ââ¬â, with many kinds of special characters ââ¬â accents, right-to-left writing marks, hyphens, Roman numbers, and much more. But the POSIX platform APIs for text do not contain adequate functions for dealing with particular properties of many Unicode characters. In fact, the POSIX APIs for text have several assumptions at their base which don't hold for Unicode text. This library provides functions for manipulating Unicode strings and for manipulating C strings according to the Unicode standard. strings according to the Unicode standard. |
| Homepage URL | http://www.gnu.org/software/libunistring/ + |
| Interface | library + |
| Is GNU | true + |
| Keywords | Unicode + , UTF-8 + , character + , UTF-16 + , POSIX + , strings + , character encoding + , API + , UTF-32 + , UTF + |
| Last review by | Kelly Hopkins + |
| Last review date | 15 October 2009 + |
| License | GPLv3orlater + , GFDL + , LGPLv3orlater + |
| License verified by | Kelly Hopkins + |
| License verified date | 3 May 2010 + |
| Name | libunistring + |
| Real name | Bruno Haible + |
| Resource URL | http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libunistring/ + , mailto:bug-libunistring-antispam@antispam.gnu.org + , http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/libunistring + , http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-libunistring + |
| Resource audience | Developer + , Bug Tracking + |
| Resource kind | Download + , E-mail + , Homepage + , Mailing List Info/Archive + |
| Revisionid | 6,835 + |
| Revisiontimestamp | 12 April 2011 15:24:49 + |
| Revisionuser | WikiSysop + |
| Role | Maintainer + |
| Short description | a library provides functions for manipulating Unicode strings and for manipulating C strings according to the Unicode standard. + |
| Submitted by | Database conversion + |
| Submitted date | 1 April 2011 + |
| User level | intermediate + |
| Version date | 3 May 2010 + |
| Version download | http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libunistring/libunistring-0.9.3.tar.gz + |
| Version identifier | 0.9.3 + |
| Version status | alpha + |
| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. | 25 May 2012 02:45:15 + |
| Page has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki. | Entry + |
| EmailThis property is a special property in this wiki. | bruno@clisp.org + |
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