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A recoding library
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   The program named `recode' is just an application of its recoding
library.  The recoding library is available separately for other C
programs.  A good way to acquire some familiarity with the recoding
library is to get acquainted with the `recode' program itself.

   To use the recoding library once it is installed, a C program needs
to have a line:

     #include <recode.h>

near its beginning, and the user should have `-lrecode' on the linking
call, so modules from the recoding library are found.

   The library is still under development.  As it stands, it contains
four identifiable sets of routines: the outer level functions, the
request level functions, the task level functions and the charset level
functions.  There are discussed in separate sections.

   For effectively using the recoding library in most applications, it
should be rarely needed to study anything beyond the main
initialisation function at outer level, and then, various functions at
request level.

Outer level

Outer level functions

Request level

Request level functions

Task level

Task level functions

Charset level

Charset level functions

Errors

Handling errors