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.TH "mfontset" 3m17n "15 Oct 2009" "" "Version 1.5.5" "" "The m17n Library" \" -*- nroff -*-
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.SH NAME
mfontset \- Return a fontset. 


.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBMFontset\fP *
\fBmfontset\fP (char *
\fIname\fP)


.SH DESCRIPTION
Return a fontset. 
.PP
The
.ft B
mfontset()
.ft R
function returns a pointer to a fontset object of name
.ft B
name\fP.
.ft R
If
.ft B
name
.ft R
is
.ft C
NULL\fP,
.ft R
it returns a pointer to the default fontset.
.PP
If no fontset has the name
.ft B
name\fP,
.ft R
a new one is created. At that time, if there exists a data <\fCfontset\fP,
.ft R
.ft B
name>
.ft R
in the m17n database, the fontset contents are initialized according to the data. If no such data exists, the fontset contents are left vacant.
.PP
The macro
.ft B
M17N_INIT()
.ft R
creates the default fontset. An application program can modify it before the first call of
.ft B
mframe()\fP.
.ft R
.PP
.SH RETURN VALUE
.PP
.RS 4
This function returns a pointer to the found or newly created fontset. 
.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>.
