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<h1 align=center>BIND_TEXTDOMAIN_CODESET</h1>
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<p>bind_textdomain_codeset − set encoding of message
translations</p>
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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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<p>The <b>bind_textdomain_codeset</b> function sets the
output codeset for message catalogs for domain
<i>domainname</i>.</p>
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<p>A message domain is a set of translatable <i>msgid</i>
messages. Usually, every software package has its own
message domain.</p>
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<p>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.</p>
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<p><i>domainname</i> must be a non-empty string.</p>
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<p>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.</p>
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<p>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
encoding.</p>
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<p>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.</p>
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<p>The following error can occur, among others:</p>
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<p><b>ENOMEM</b></p>
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<p>Not enough memory available.</p>
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<p>The return type ought to be <b>const char *</b>, but is
<b>char *</b> to avoid warnings in C code predating ANSI
C.</p>
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<p><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)</p>
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