--- wcswidth.3.orig Fri Mar 11 08:30:37 2005 +++ wcswidth.3 Fri Mar 11 08:31:35 2005 @@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ .Dt WCSWIDTH 3 .Os .Sh NAME -.Nm wcswidth +.Nm wcswidth , +.Nm wcswidth_l .Nd "number of column positions in wide-character string" .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libc @@ -36,6 +37,9 @@ .In wchar.h .Ft int .Fn wcswidth "const wchar_t *pwcs" "size_t n" +.In xlocale.h +.Ft int +.Fn wcswidth_l "const wchar_t *pwcs" "size_t n" "locale_t loc" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn wcswidth @@ -44,6 +48,14 @@ characters of .Fa pwcs , or until a null wide character (L'\e0') is encountered. +.Pp +While the +.Fn wcswidth +function uses the current locale, the +.Fn wcswidth_l +function may be passed a locale directly. See +.Xr xlocale 3 +for more information. .Sh RETURN VALUES The .Fn wcswidth @@ -54,7 +66,8 @@ otherwise it returns the number of column positions occupied. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr iswprint 3 , -.Xr wcwidth 3 +.Xr wcwidth 3 , +.Xr xlocale 3 .Sh STANDARDS The .Fn wcswidth