vf_find_charset(3)

πŸ“¦ version 1.13, in debian bookworm, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble

✨ vf_find_charset ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to vf_find_charset(3) β€” it's a Library Functions Manual page and honestly? it's short, it's sweet, it's giving tiny-but-mighty. let's get into it πŸ’–


🌸 NAME 🌸

vf_find_charset β€” literally just vf_find_charset(), no notes, she said what she said πŸ’…


πŸŽ€ SYNOPSIS πŸŽ€

#include <../vformat/vf_iface.h>

extern const char *vf_find_charset(VF_PROP_T *p_prop);

like. that's the whole vibe. one include, one function, iconic behavior ✨


πŸ¦‹ PARAMETERS πŸ¦‹

  • VF_PROP_T *p_prop β€” the property we're querying, aka the thing you're pointing at and going "hey girl, what's your charset?" 🫢

πŸ’œ DESCRIPTION πŸ’œ

so what she actually does: she goes and locates the CHARSET property, which is the little label that tells you which character encoding is in use β€” aka how the octet stream encoded in the VCARD is supposed to be decoded into actual characters. it's the translator, the vibe interpreter, the "oh THAT'S what those bytes mean" moment 🌈

no cap, that's it. that's the job.


⭐ RETURNS ⭐

a pointer to the character encoding name, e.g. "UTF-8". slay πŸ’…


πŸ‘‘ SEE ALSO πŸ‘‘

the whole friend group, fr fr β€” go read these too:


ngl the original page is tiny but we respect her. every legend starts somewhere πŸ’–

and that's a wrap, bestie!! this one came from c2man vf_iface.h and it's dated 30 April 2003 β€” yeah, she's an elder icon but she still eats πŸ“βœ¨ mwah, go decode some VCARDs πŸ’…πŸŽ€

πŸ“¦ where this page comes from