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.TH "mchar_define_property" 3m17n "15 Oct 2009" "" "Version 1.5.5" "" "The m17n Library" \" -*- nroff -*-
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.SH NAME
mchar_define_property \- Define a character property. 


.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBMSymbol\fP
\fBmchar_define_property\fP (const char *
\fIname\fP, \fBMSymbol\fP
\fItype\fP)


.SH DESCRIPTION
Define a character property. 
.PP
The
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mchar_define_property()
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function searches the m17n database for a data whose tags are <\fBMchar_table\fP,
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type\fP,
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sym\fP>. Here,
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sym
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is a symbol whose name is
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name\fP.
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type
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must be
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Mstring\fP,
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.ft B
Mtext\fP,
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Msymbol\fP,
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Minteger\fP,
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or
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Mplist\fP.
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.PP
.SH RETURN VALUE
.PP
.RS 4
If the operation was successful,
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mchar_define_property()
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returns
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sym\fP.
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Otherwise it returns
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Mnil\fP.
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.RE
.PP
.SH ERRORS
.PP
.RS 4
\fCMERROR_DB
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.RE
.PP
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
.RS 4
\fBmchar_get_prop()\fP,
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.ft B
mchar_put_prop()
.ft R
.RE
.PP

.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2001 Information\-technology Promotion Agency (IPA)
.br
Copyright (C) 2001\-2009 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
.br
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License 
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html>.
