debian man page for mconv_decode_buffer

mconv_decode_buffer(3m17n)					 The m17n Library					mconv_decode_buffer(3m17n)

NAME
       mconv_decode_buffer - 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

SEE ALSO
	   mconv_decode(), mconv_decode_stream()

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 					mconv_decode_buffer(3m17n)