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.TH "mflt_run" 3m17n "15 Oct 2009" "" "Version 1.5.5" "" "The m17n Library" \" -*- nroff -*-
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.SH NAME
mflt_run \- Layout characters with an FLT. 


.SH SYNOPSIS
int
\fBmflt_run\fP (\fBMFLTGlyphString\fP *
\fIgstring\fP, int
\fIfrom\fP, int
\fIto\fP, \fBMFLTFont\fP *
\fIfont\fP, \fBMFLT\fP *
\fIflt\fP)


.SH DESCRIPTION
Layout characters with an FLT. 
.PP
The
.ft B
mflt_run()
.ft R
function layouts characters in
.ft B
gstring
.ft R
between
.ft B
from
.ft R
(inclusive) and
.ft B
to
.ft R
(exclusive) with
.ft B
font\fP.
.ft R
If
.ft B
flt
.ft R
is nonzero, it is used for all the charaters. Otherwise, appropriate FLTs are automatically chosen.
.PP
\fBReturn values:
.ft R

.RS 4
\fI>=0
.ft R
The operation was successful. The value is the index to the glyph, which was previously indexed by
.ft B
to\fP,
.ft R
in
.ft B
gstring\->glyphs\fP.
.ft R
.br
\fI\-2
.ft R
.ft B
gstring\->glyphs
.ft R
is too short to store the result. The caller can call this fucntion again with a longer
.ft B
gstring\->glyphs\fP.
.ft R
.br
\fI\-1
.ft R
Some other error occurred. 
.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>.
