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This manual is for GNU libunistring.

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Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

This manual is covered by the GNU FDL.  Permission is granted to copy,
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@title GNU libunistring, version
@author Bruno Haible

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Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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* Introduction::                Who may need Unicode strings?
* Conventions::                 Conventions used in this manual
* GNU FDL::                     The GNU Free Documentation License
* Index::                       General Index
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Introduction

* Unicode::                     What is Unicode?
* Unicode and i18n::            Unicode and internationalization
* Locale encodings::            What is a locale encoding?
* In-memory representation::    How to represent strings in memory?
* char * strings::              What to keep in mind with @code{char *} strings
* The wchar_t mess::            Why @code{wchar_t *} strings are useless
* Unicode strings::             How are Unicode strings represented?

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@node Introduction
@chapter Introduction

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* Unicode::                     What is Unicode?
* Unicode and i18n::            Unicode and internationalization
* Locale encodings::            What is a locale encoding?
* In-memory representation::    How to represent strings in memory?
* char * strings::              What to keep in mind with @code{char *} strings
* The wchar_t mess::            Why @code{wchar_t *} strings are useless
* Unicode strings::             How are Unicode strings represented?
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@node Unicode
@section Unicode

@node Unicode and i18n
@section Unicode and Internationalization

@node Locale encodings
@section Locale encodings

@node In-memory representation
@section Choice of in-memory representation of strings

@node char * strings
@section @samp{char *} strings

@node The wchar_t mess
@section The @code{wchar_t} mess

@node Unicode strings
@section Unicode strings

@node Conventions
@chapter Conventions

@node GNU FDL
@appendix The GNU Free Documentation License
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@node Index
@unnumbered Index

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