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gnulib/doc/posix-functions/wcswidth.texi
Bruno Haible cbe8a0a3fe 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.
2011-02-07 23:36:08 +01:00

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@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