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<h1 align=center>BIND_TEXTDOMAIN_CODESET</h1>
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<a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br>
<a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br>
<a href="#RETURN VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a><br>
<a href="#ERRORS">ERRORS</a><br>
<a href="#BUGS">BUGS</a><br>
<a href="#SEE ALSO">SEE ALSO</a><br>
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bind_textdomain_codeset - set encoding of message translations</td></table>
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<pre><b>#include <libintl.h>
char * bind_textdomain_codeset (const char *</b> <i>domainname</i><b>,
const char *</b> <i>codeset</i><b>);
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The <b>bind_textdomain_codeset</b> function sets the output
codeset for message catalogs for domain
<i>domainname</i>.</td></table>
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A message domain is a set of translatable <i>msgid</i>
messages. Usually, every software package has its own
message domain.</td></table>
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By default, the <b>gettext</b> family of functions returns
translated messages in the locale's character encoding,
which can be retrieved as <b>nl_langinfo(CODESET)</b>. The
need for calling <b>bind_textdomain_codeset</b> arises for
programs which store strings in a locale independent way
(e.g. UTF-8) and want to avoid an extra character set
conversion on the returned translated messages.</td></table>
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<i>domainname</i> must be a non-empty string.</td></table>
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If <i>codeset</i> is not NULL, it must be a valid encoding
name which can be used for the <b>iconv_open</b> function.
The <b>bind_textdomain_codeset</b> function sets the output
codeset for message catalogs belonging to domain
<i>domainname</i> to <i>codeset</i>. The function makes
copies of the argument strings as needed.</td></table>
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If <i>codeset</i> is NULL, the function returns the
previously set codeset for domain <i>domainname</i>. The
default is NULL, denoting the locale's character
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If successful, the <b>bind_textdomain_codeset</b> function
returns the current codeset for domain <i>domainname</i>,
after possibly changing it. The resulting string is valid
until the next <b>bind_textdomain_codeset</b> call for the
same <i>domainname</i> and must not be modified or freed. If
a memory allocation failure occurs, it sets <b>errno</b> to
<b>ENOMEM</b> and returns NULL. If no codeset has been set
for domain <i>domainname</i>, it returns NULL.</td></table>
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The following error can occur, among others:</td></table>
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<b>ENOMEM</b></td></table>
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Not enough memory available.</td></table>
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The return type ought to be <b>const char *</b>, but is
<b>char *</b> to avoid warnings in C code predating ANSI
C.</td></table>
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<b>gettext</b>(3), <b>dgettext</b>(3), <b>dcgettext</b>(3),
<b>ngettext</b>(3), <b>dngettext</b>(3),
<b>dcngettext</b>(3), <b>textdomain</b>(3),
<b>nl_langinfo</b>(3), <b>iconv_open</b>(3)</td></table>
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