wcwidth.3.patch   [plain text]

--- wcwidth.3.orig	Fri Mar 11 19:44:47 2005
+++ wcwidth.3	Fri Mar 11 19:46:47 2005
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
 .Dt WCWIDTH 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
-.Nm wcwidth
+.Nm wcwidth ,
+.Nm wcwidth_l
 .Nd "number of column positions of a wide-character code"
 .Sh LIBRARY
 .Lb libc
@@ -36,12 +37,23 @@
 .In wchar.h
 .Ft int
 .Fn wcwidth "wchar_t wc"
+.In xlocale.h
+.Ft int
+.Fn wcwidth_l "wchar_t wc" "locale_t loc"
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Fn wcwidth
 function determines the number of column positions required to
 display the wide character
 .Fa wc .
+.Pp
+While the
+.Fn wcwidth
+function uses the current locale, the
+.Fn wcwidth_l
+function may be passed a locale directly. See
+.Xr xlocale 3
+for more information.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 The
 .Fn wcwidth
@@ -79,7 +91,8 @@
 .Ed
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr iswprint 3 ,
-.Xr wcswidth 3
+.Xr wcswidth 3 ,
+.Xr xlocale 3
 .Sh STANDARDS
 The
 .Fn wcwidth