From fcbf63e62c627deae76c1b8cb8c0876c536ed811 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jari Vetoniemi Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 18:49:26 +0900 Subject: Fresh start --- jni/iconv/libcharset/README | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+) create mode 100644 jni/iconv/libcharset/README (limited to 'jni/iconv/libcharset/README') diff --git a/jni/iconv/libcharset/README b/jni/iconv/libcharset/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9f4cf7b --- /dev/null +++ b/jni/iconv/libcharset/README @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ + LIBCHARSET - portable character set determination library + +This library provides a function which determines the character set / encoding +of text in the currently selected locale (the LC_CTYPE locale facet). + +It is useful for portable programs which need to process text in other +encodings and locales than the currently selected one. Possible uses: + + * Use of Unicode in POSIX compliant applications. + * Conversion of text between the current locale's encoding and UTF-8 (or + any other given encoding). + * Mail agents. + +In theory, this would be very simple: The Single Unix Specification (SUSV2) +provides the nl_langinfo function, in such a way that + + nl_langinfo (CODESET) + +returns the encoding name. But the nl_langinfo function still does not exist +on some systems, and on those where it exists it returns unstandardized +variations of the encoding names, like (on Solaris) "PCK" for "Shift_JIS". + +This library fixes these flaws and provides a function + + const char * locale_charset (void); + +It determines the current locale's character encoding, and canonicalizes it +into one of the canonical names listed in config.charset. The result must +not be freed; it is statically allocated. If the canonical name cannot be +determined, the result is a non-canonical name. + + +Installation: + +As usual for GNU packages: + + $ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local + $ make + $ make install + + +This library is used in + GNU sh-utils, fileutils, textutils + GNU gettext + GNU clisp + + +To integrate this library into your package: +See file INTEGRATE. + + +Distribution: + The libcharset directory of + ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/libiconv/libiconv-1.8.tar.gz + +Homepage: + http://www.haible.de/bruno/packages-libcharset.html + + +Bruno Haible -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2