mchar_define_property(3m17n)

💖 mchar_define_property — the m17n Library's character-property glow-up 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, because we're about to define a character property and honestly? it's giving main character energy. this is a page from the m17n Library manual (yes, that m17n, the multilingualization icon 👑).

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✨ NAME ✨

mchar_define_property — literally just the name, no little tagline, she said "my work speaks for itself" 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

MSymbol mchar_define_property (const char * name, MSymbol type)

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so like, this function's whole thing is: define a character property. that's it. that's the job. no cap.

mchar_define_property() goes digging through the m17n database looking for data whose tags are <Mchar_table, type, sym>. and where does sym come from, you ask? sym is a symbol whose name is name 🎀 — so the name you pass in becomes the name of the symbol. cute, right?

and type?? bestie, type has RULES. it must be one of:

• Mstring
• Mtext
• Msymbol
• Minteger
• Mplist

pick one of those five, that's the vibe check, no substitutions 🙈

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⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

• if everything went iconic and the operation was successful, mchar_define_property() hands you back sym 🫶
• if not? she returns Mnil. tragic. we've all been there 😭

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💀 ERRORS 💀

• MERROR_DB

(yes that's the whole list. short king.)

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• mchar_get_prop()
• mchar_put_prop()

go read those too, iykyk 💜

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🎀 COPYRIGHT 🎀

Copyright (C) 2001 Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA)

Copyright (C) 2001-2011 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html>.

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okay so that's the whole page, bestie. go forth and define those properties, slay responsibly 💖

Version 1.8.4 — Mon Sep 25 2023 — mchar_define_property(3m17n) 🧚✨