# Module encodings

Converts between different character encodings. On UNIX, this uses the iconv library, on Windows the Windows API.

# Imports

os, parseutils, strutils

# Types

    PConverter* = ptr TConverter

  can convert between two character sets

    EInvalidEncoding* = object of EInvalidValue

  exception that is raised for encoding errors

# Procs

    proc getCurrentEncoding*(): string

  retrieves the current encoding. On Unix, always "UTF-8" is returned.

    proc open*(destEncoding = "UTF-8"; srcEncoding = "CP1252"): PConverter

  opens a converter that can convert from srcEncoding to destEncoding. Raises EIO if it cannot fullfill the request.

    proc close*(c: PConverter)

  frees the resources the converter c holds.

    proc convert*(c: PConverter; s: string): string

  converts s to destEncoding that was given to the converter c. It assumed that s is in srcEncoding.

    proc convert*(s: string; destEncoding = "UTF-8"; srcEncoding = "CP1252"): string

  converts s to destEncoding. It assumed that s is in srcEncoding. This opens a converter, uses it and closes it again and is thus more convienent but also likely less efficient than re-using a converter.

Generated: 2012-09-23 21:47:54 UTC