NE_I18N_INIT(3)

💖 NAME 💖

Okay bestie, this is NE_I18N_INIT(3) from the neon API reference. The NAME section says: ne_i18n_init — functions to initialize internationalization support. (Yes, “functions,” even though there’s one function here. We don’t make the rules. 🎀)

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <ne_i18n.h>

void ne_i18n_init(const char *encoding);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So ne_i18n_init can be used to enable support for translated messages in the neon library. Slay. The encoding parameter, if it’s non-NULL, specifies the character encoding required for the generated translated string. If it’s NULL, the appropriate character encoding for the process locale will be used. Periodt.

This call is only strictly necessary if either of these two things is true:

1. neon has been installed into a different prefix than the gettext implementation on which it depends for i18n purposes, or
2. the caller requires that translated messages are in a particular character encoding.

If ne_i18n_init is never called, the message catalogs will not be found if case (a) applies (and so English error messages will be used), and will use the default character encoding specified by the process locale. The library will otherwise operate correctly. No cap.

💀 Note: the encoding used is a process-global setting, so results may be unexpected if other users of neon within the process call ne_i18n_init with a different encoding parameter. Keep that in mind, bestie — this is a whole shared-state situation.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• ne_sock_init(3)

🎀 COPYRIGHT 🎀

Copyright © 2001-2026 Joe Orton

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Cute sign-off: source/version neon, date 03/20/2026, page NE_I18N_INIT(3). Bye bestie, go forth and internationalize 💅✨