set_uformat(3alleg4)						  Allegro manual					      set_uformat(3alleg4)

NAME

       set_uformat - Set the global current text encoding format. Allegro game programming library.

SYNOPSIS

       #include <allegro.h>

       void set_uformat(int type);

DESCRIPTION

       Sets the current text encoding format. This will affect all parts of Allegro, wherever you see a function that returns a char *, or takes a
       char * as a parameter. `type' should be one of these values:

	  U_ASCII     - fixed size, 8-bit ASCII characters
	  U_ASCII_CP  - alternative 8-bit codepage (see set_ucodepage())
	  U_UNICODE   - fixed size, 16-bit Unicode characters
	  U_UTF8      - variable size, UTF-8 format Unicode characters

       Although you can change the text format on the fly, this is not a good idea. Many strings, for example the names of your  hardware  drivers
       and  any  language  translations, are loaded when you call allegro_init(), so if you change the encoding format after this, they will be in
       the wrong format, and things will not work properly. Generally you should only call set_uformat() once,	before	allegro_init(),  and  then
       leave it on the same setting for the duration of your program.

SEE ALSO

       get_uformat(3alleg4),   register_uformat(3alleg4),   set_ucodepage(3alleg4),  set_uformat(3alleg4),  uconvert(3alleg4),	ustrsize(3alleg4),
       ugetc(3alleg4), ugetx(3alleg4), usetc(3alleg4), uwidth(3alleg4), ucwidth(3alleg4), uisok(3alleg4), uoffset(3alleg4), ugetat(3alleg4),  use-
       tat(3alleg4), uinsert(3alleg4), uremove(3alleg4), allegro_init(3alleg4), exunicod(3alleg4)

Allegro 							   version 4.4.2					      set_uformat(3alleg4)