stringprep_utf8_to_locale(3)

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version 1.44 · 5 versions
, in arch rolling, epel 10, fedora 43, fedora 44, ubuntu stonking

💖 stringprep_utf8_to_locale(3) 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because we're doing a libidn deep dive and honestly? this one's a lil cutie. it lives in the libidn manual, section 3, and it's here to save your UTF-8 string from looking like absolute chaos in your terminal. 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

stringprep_utf8_to_locale — an API function, and yes she is serving exactly what her name says 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <stringprep.h>

char * stringprep_utf8_to_locale(const char * str);

like, that's it. one include, one function, zero drama. periodt. 🎀

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • const char * str — your input string, and it has to be zero terminated, bestie. no sneaky unterminated business, we don't do that here. 🙈

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so here's the tea ☕: this function converts a string that's encoded in UTF-8 into your locale's character set. how does it do it? it uses stringprep_convert() under the hood. iykyk. 🌈

Return value: it hands you back a newly allocated zero-terminated string — that's str all transcoded into the locale's character set. and when i say newly allocated, i mean it, so don't forget who's responsible for freeing it (spoiler: it's you, bestie 🫶).

✨ REPORTING BUGS ✨

found a bug? not the vibe. 😭 go tell the nice people at <help-libidn@gnu.org>.

the general guidelines for reporting bugs live over at: https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/

and the GNU Libidn home page is right here: https://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/

Copyright © 2002-2026 Simon Josefsson. 👑

copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty — as long as the copyright notice and this notice are preserved. iconic behaviour, no notes. ✨

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

the full documentation for libidn is maintained as a Texinfo manual. if the info and libidn programs are properly installed at your site, this command:

info libidn

should give you access to the complete manual. 👑

as an alternative, you may obtain the manual from:

https://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/manual/

and that's the whole page, bestie — go forth and transcode responsibly 💜

mwah 💋 this has been the stringprep_utf8_to_locale(3) page from libidn 1.44 — stay slay, stay zero-terminated, and we'll see you in the next man page. 🎀🌸🦋

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