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.TH wxMBConvUTF8 3wx 2005-02-15 "wxWidgets" "wxWidgets class documentation"
.SH NAME
wxMBConvUTF8 \- 
.SH DESCRIPTION

  


   This class converts between the UTF-8 encoding and Unicode. It has one
   predefined instance,
   
    wxConvUTF8
   
   .
  
 
.SH REMARKS

  
   UTF-8 is a compatibility encoding used to encode Unicode text into anything
   that was originally written for 8-bit strings, including (but not limited to)
   filenames, transfer protocols, and database fields. Notable properties
   include:
  
  
   
    Variable-length encoding able to encode up to 31 bits per character
     
    ASCII characters (character values under 128) are encoded as plain ASCII (1 byte
     per character)
     
    Null bytes do not occur in the encoding, except when there's an actual Unicode
     null character
     
    Preserves sort ordering for plain 8-bit comparison routines like strcmp()
     
    High bit patterns disambiguates character boundaries, and makes it easy to
     detect whether a string is encoded with UTF-8 or not
   
  
  
   All of these properties make UTF-8 a very favorable solution in any situation
   where full Unicode character support is desired while remaining compatible
   with code written with only 8-bit extended-ASCII characters in mind.
  
 
.SH "PARENTS"

  wxMBConv
 
.SH "INCLUDE FILES"
wx/strconv.h
.SH MEMBERS

  
.SS size_t MB2WC (wchar_t* bufconst char* pszsize_t n)

     


      Converts from UTF-8 encoding to Unicode. Returns the size of the
      destination buffer.
     
    
   
  
.SS size_t WC2MB (char* bufconst wchar_t* pszsize_t n)

     


      Converts from Unicode to UTF-8 encoding. Returns the size of the
      destination buffer.
     
    
 
.SH "SEE ALSO"

  wxMBConv
 
  wxMBConvUTF7
   
  wxMBConv classes overview
 
.SH "AUTHORS"
Documentation content by Julian Smart, Robert Roebling, Vadim Zeitlin, Robin Dunn, et al

Conversion to manpage format by Arnout Engelen (http://bzzt.net), bugreports welcome.