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diff --git a/man3/wctrans.3 b/man3/wctrans.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ae17629 --- /dev/null +++ b/man3/wctrans.3 @@ -0,0 +1,89 @@ +'\" t +.\" Copyright (c) Bruno Haible <haible@clisp.cons.org> +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later +.\" +.\" References consulted: +.\" GNU glibc-2 source code and manual +.\" Dinkumware C library reference http://www.dinkumware.com/ +.\" OpenGroup's Single UNIX specification http://www.UNIX-systems.org/online.html +.\" ISO/IEC 9899:1999 +.\" +.TH wctrans 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.SH NAME +wctrans \- wide-character translation mapping +.SH LIBRARY +Standard C library +.RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <wctype.h> +.PP +.BI "wctrans_t wctrans(const char *" name ); +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.I wctrans_t +type represents a mapping +which can map a wide character to +another wide character. +Its nature is implementation-dependent, but the special +value +.I (wctrans_t)\ 0 +denotes an invalid mapping. +Nonzero +.I wctrans_t +values can be passed to the +.BR towctrans (3) +function to actually perform +the wide-character mapping. +.PP +The +.BR wctrans () +function returns a mapping, given by its name. +The set of +valid names depends on the +.B LC_CTYPE +category of the current locale, but the +following names are valid in all locales. +.PP +.nf + "tolower" \- realizes the \fBtolower\fP(3) mapping + "toupper" \- realizes the \fBtoupper\fP(3) mapping +.fi +.SH RETURN VALUE +The +.BR wctrans () +function returns a mapping descriptor if the +.I name +is valid. +Otherwise, it returns +.IR "(wctrans_t)\ 0" . +.SH ATTRIBUTES +For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see +.BR attributes (7). +.TS +allbox; +lbx lb lb +l l l. +Interface Attribute Value +T{ +.na +.nh +.BR wctrans () +T} Thread safety MT-Safe locale +.TE +.sp 1 +.SH STANDARDS +C11, POSIX.1-2008. +.SH HISTORY +POSIX.1-2001, C99. +.SH NOTES +The behavior of +.BR wctrans () +depends on the +.B LC_CTYPE +category of the +current locale. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR towctrans (3) |