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Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions.
author Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
date Sun, 20 Jan 2008 00:09:59 +0100
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1 @node iconv_open
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2 @section @code{iconv_open}
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3 @findex iconv_open
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5 POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/iconv_open.html}
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7 Gnulib module: iconv, iconv_open, iconv_open-utf
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9 Portability problems fixed by either Gnulib module @code{iconv} or @code{iconv_open}:
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10 @itemize
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11 @item
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12 GNU libiconv is not found if installed in @file{$PREFIX/lib}.
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13 @item
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14 No converter from EUC-JP to UTF-8 is provided on some platforms:
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15 HP-UX 11.
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16 @end itemize
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18 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{iconv_open}:
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19 @itemize
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20 @item
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21 This function recognizes only non-standard aliases for many encodings (not
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22 the IANA registered encoding names) on many platforms:
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23 AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1.
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24 @end itemize
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26 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{iconv_open-utf}:
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27 @itemize
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28 @item
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29 This function does not support the encodings UTF-16BE, UTF-16LE, UTF-32BE,
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30 UTF-32LE on many platforms:
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31 AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 8.
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32 @end itemize
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34 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
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35 @itemize
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36 @item
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37 This function is missing on some platforms:
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38 MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 6.0, OpenBSD 3.8, Cygwin, mingw, BeOS,
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39 when GNU libiconv is not installed.
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40 @item
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41 The set of supported encodings and conversions is system dependent.
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42 @end itemize