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| author | ph10 <ph10@2f5784b3-3f2a-0410-8824-cb99058d5e15> | 2009-03-17 21:16:01 +0000 |
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| committer | ph10 <ph10@2f5784b3-3f2a-0410-8824-cb99058d5e15> | 2009-03-17 21:16:01 +0000 |
| commit | f6cacbfecd16ac9d19ee6fe6c26c107ee4846b1c (patch) | |
| tree | fb3166c26b8f211814f8302719f5bd93842aa575 /doc/pcrebuild.3 | |
| parent | 8d719b57aa95b8a2baebd8fd13c6b80c2da84680 (diff) | |
| download | pcre-f6cacbfecd16ac9d19ee6fe6c26c107ee4846b1c.tar.gz | |
Add support for UTF-8 in EBCDIC environments.
git-svn-id: svn://vcs.exim.org/pcre/code/trunk@391 2f5784b3-3f2a-0410-8824-cb99058d5e15
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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/pcrebuild.3 b/doc/pcrebuild.3 index db635e8..f1bfe88 100644 --- a/doc/pcrebuild.3 +++ b/doc/pcrebuild.3 @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ to the \fBconfigure\fP command. .SH "UTF-8 SUPPORT" .rs .sp -To build PCRE with support for UTF-8 character strings, add +To build PCRE with support for UTF-8 Unicode character strings, add .sp --enable-utf8 .sp @@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ to the \fBconfigure\fP command. Of itself, this does not make PCRE treat strings as UTF-8. As well as compiling PCRE with this option, you also have have to set the PCRE_UTF8 option when you call the \fBpcre_compile()\fP function. +.P +If you set --enable-utf8 when compiling in an EBCDIC environment, PCRE expects +its input to be either ASCII or UTF-8 (depending on the runtime option). It is +not possible to support both EBCDIC and UTF-8 codes in the same version of the +library. Consequently, --enable-utf8 and --enable-ebcdic are mutually +exclusive. . .SH "UNICODE CHARACTER PROPERTY SUPPORT" .rs @@ -72,9 +78,9 @@ documentation. .SH "CODE VALUE OF NEWLINE" .rs .sp -By default, PCRE interprets character 10 (linefeed, LF) as indicating the end +By default, PCRE interprets the linefeed (LF) character as indicating the end of a line. This is the normal newline character on Unix-like systems. You can -compile PCRE to use character 13 (carriage return, CR) instead, by adding +compile PCRE to use carriage return (CR) instead, by adding .sp --enable-newline-is-cr .sp @@ -254,7 +260,8 @@ EBCDIC environment by adding .sp to the \fBconfigure\fP command. This setting implies --enable-rebuild-chartables. You should only use it if you know that you are in -an EBCDIC environment (for example, an IBM mainframe operating system). +an EBCDIC environment (for example, an IBM mainframe operating system). The +--enable-ebcdic option is incompatible with --enable-utf8. . .SH "PCREGREP OPTIONS FOR COMPRESSED FILE SUPPORT" .rs @@ -322,6 +329,6 @@ Cambridge CB2 3QH, England. .rs .sp .nf -Last updated: 13 April 2008 -Copyright (c) 1997-2008 University of Cambridge. +Last updated: 17 March 2009 +Copyright (c) 1997-2009 University of Cambridge. .fi |