msymbol(3m17n) The m17n Library msymbol(3m17n)NAME
msymbol - Get a symbol.
SYNOPSIS
MSymbol msymbol (const char * name)
DESCRIPTION
Get a symbol. The msymbol() function returns the canonical symbol whose name is name. If there is none, one is created. The created one is
not a managing key.
Symbols whose name starts by two spaces are reserved by the m17n library, and are used by the library only internally.
RETURN VALUE
This function returns the found or created symbol.
ERRORS
This function never fails.
SEE ALSO
msymbol_as_managing_key(), msymbol_name(), msymbol_exist()
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>.
Version 1.6.2 12 Jan 2011 msymbol(3m17n)
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mfont_get_prop(3m17n) The m17n Library mfont_get_prop(3m17n)NAME
mfont_get_prop - Get a property value of a font.
SYNOPSIS
void* mfont_get_prop (MFont * font, MSymbol key)
DESCRIPTION
Get a property value of a font. The mfont_get_prop() function gets the value of key property of font font. key must be one of the
following symbols:
Mfoundry, Mfamily, Mweight, Mstyle, Mstretch, Madstyle, Mregistry, Msize, Mresolution, Mspacing.
If font is a return value of mfont_find(), key can also be one of the following symbols:
Mfont_ascent, Mfont_descent, Mmax_advance.
RETURN VALUE
If key is Mfoundry, Mfamily, Mweight, Mstyle, Mstretch, Madstyle, Mregistry, or Mspacing, this function returns the corresponding value
as a symbol. If the font does not have key property, it returns Mnil. If key is Msize, Mresolution, Mfont_ascent, Mfont_descent, or
Mmax_advance, this function returns the corresponding value as an integer. If the font does not have key property, it returns 0. If key
is something else, it returns NULL and assigns an error code to the external variable merror_code.
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>.
Version 1.6.2 12 Jan 2011 mfont_get_prop(3m17n)