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Documentation about Minix. * doc/posix-headers/*.texi: Add info about Minix 3.1.8. * doc/glibc-headers/*.texi: Likewise. * doc/posix-functions/*.texi: Likewise. * doc/glibc-functions/*.texi: Likewise.
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1 @node wcwidth
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2 @section @code{wcwidth}
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3 @findex wcwidth
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5 POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/wcwidth.html}
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7 Gnulib module: wcwidth
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9 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
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10 @itemize
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11 @item
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12 This function is missing on some platforms:
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13 Minix 3.1.8, IRIX 5.3, Solaris 2.5.1, mingw, BeOS.
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15 This function is not declared (without @code{-D_GNU_SOURCE}) on some platforms:
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16 glibc 2.8.
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17 @item
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18 This function handles combining characters in UTF-8 locales incorrectly on some
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19 platforms:
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20 MacOS X 10.3.
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21 @end itemize
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23 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
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26 On AIX and Windows platforms, @code{wchar_t} is a 16-bit type and therefore cannot
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27 accommodate all Unicode characters.
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28 @end itemize