ucs_recompose(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ucs_recompose(9) 💅

Welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie — this one is all about trying to smoosh two Unicode characters into one single character. It’s giving “matchmaker for code points” energy, and honestly? We’re obsessed. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

ucs_recompose — attempt to recompose two Unicode characters into a single character. No cap, that’s literally the whole mission. 💖

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

u32 ucs_recompose (u32 base , u32 mark );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • base — the base Unicode code point in UCS-4. This is the main-character code point, the one holding the whole look together. 👑
  • mark — the combining mark Unicode code point in UCS-4. This is the little extra that wants to attach itself to the base. 🎀

🌈 RETURN 🌈

You get the recomposed Unicode code point back. Slay. 💅

Or you get 0 if no recomposition is possible — like, the vibe check failed and these two are simply not combining today. 😭

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

Kernel file ./drivers/tty/vt/ucs.c — yes, that’s the file, keep it exactly like that. 🫶

Signed off from ./drivers/tty/vt in the Kernel API Manual, October 2026 edition — mwah, bestie, go forth and recompose responsibly. 💋✨

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