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30 .\" @(#)unvis.3 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
38 .Nd decode a visual representation of characters
44 .Fn unvis "char *cp" "int c" "int *astate" "int flag"
46 .Fn strunvis "char *dst" "const char *src"
48 .Fn strunvisx "char *dst" "const char *src" "int flag"
56 are used to decode a visual representation of characters, as produced
64 function is called with successive characters in
66 until a valid sequence is recognized, at which time the decoded
67 character is available at the character pointed to by
72 function decodes the characters pointed to by
74 into the buffer pointed to by
78 function simply copies
82 decoding any escape sequences along the way,
83 and returns the number of characters placed into
86 invalid escape sequence was detected.
89 should be equal to the size of
91 (that is, no expansion takes place during decoding).
95 function does the same as the
98 but it allows you to add a flag that specifies the style the string
101 Currently, the supported flags are:
108 function implements a state machine that can be used to decode an
109 arbitrary stream of bytes.
110 All state associated with the bytes being decoded is stored outside the
112 function (that is, a pointer to the state is passed in), so
113 calls decoding different streams can be freely intermixed.
114 To start decoding a stream of bytes, first initialize an integer to zero.
117 with each successive byte, along with a pointer
118 to this integer, and a pointer to a destination character.
121 function has several return codes that must be handled properly.
123 .Bl -tag -width UNVIS_VALIDPUSH
125 Another character is necessary; nothing has been recognized yet.
127 A valid character has been recognized and is available at the location
129 .It Dv UNVIS_VALIDPUSH
130 A valid character has been recognized and is available at the location
131 pointed to by cp; however, the character currently passed in should
134 A valid sequence was detected, but no character was produced.
135 This return code is necessary to indicate a logical break between characters.
137 An invalid escape sequence was detected, or the decoder is in an unknown state.
138 The decoder is placed into the starting state.
141 When all bytes in the stream have been processed, call
143 one more time with flag set to
145 to extract any remaining character (the character passed in is ignored).
149 argument is also used to specify the encoding style of the source.
153 will decode URI strings as specified in RFC 1808.
157 will decode MIME Quoted-Printable strings as specified in RFC 2045.
159 The following code fragment illustrates a proper use of
161 .Bd -literal -offset indent
165 while ((ch = getchar()) != EOF) {
167 switch(unvis(\*[Am]out, ch, \*[Am]state, 0)) {
174 case UNVIS_VALIDPUSH:
178 errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "Bad character sequence!");
181 if (unvis(\*[Am]out, '\e0', \*[Am]state, UNVIS_END) == UNVIS_VALID)
190 .%T Relative Uniform Resource Locators