mconv_decode_buffer(3) Decode a buffer area based on a coding system.

SYNOPSIS

MText* mconv_decode_buffer (MSymbol name, const unsigned char * buf, int n)

DESCRIPTION

Decode a buffer area based on a coding system. The mconv_decode_buffer() function decodes n bytes of the buffer area pointed to by buf based on the coding system name. A temporary code converter for decoding is automatically created and freed.

RETURN VALUE

If the operation was successful, mconv_decode_buffer() returns the resulting M-text. Otherwise it returns NULL and assigns an error code to the external variable merror_code.

ERRORS

MERROR_IO, MERROR_CODING

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2001 Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA)
Copyright (C) 2001-2011 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html>.