*/
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
#include <err.h>
#include <iconv.h>
static iconv_t conversion_descriptor = 0;
+static iconv_t conversion_descriptor2 = 0;
/*
* Returns the input string, but converted from UCS-2 to UTF-8. Memory will be
return buffer;
}
+
+/*
+ * Converts the given string to UCS-2 big endian for use with
+ * xcb_image_text_16(). The amount of real glyphs is stored in real_strlen,
+ * a buffer containing the UCS-2 encoded string (16 bit per glyph) is
+ * returned. It has to be freed when done.
+ *
+ */
+char *convert_utf8_to_ucs2(char *input, int *real_strlen) {
+ size_t input_size = strlen(input) + 1;
+ /* UCS-2 consumes exactly two bytes for each glyph */
+ int buffer_size = input_size * 2;
+
+ char *buffer = malloc(buffer_size);
+ if (buffer == NULL)
+ err(EXIT_FAILURE, "malloc() failed\n");
+ size_t output_size = buffer_size;
+ /* We need to use an additional pointer, because iconv() modifies it */
+ char *output = buffer;
+
+ /* We convert the input into UCS-2 big endian */
+ if (conversion_descriptor2 == 0) {
+ conversion_descriptor2 = iconv_open("UCS-2BE", "UTF-8");
+ if (conversion_descriptor2 == 0) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "error opening the conversion context\n");
+ exit(1);
+ }
+ }
+
+ /* Get the conversion descriptor back to original state */
+ iconv(conversion_descriptor2, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+
+ /* Convert our text */
+ int rc = iconv(conversion_descriptor2, (void*)&input, &input_size, &output, &output_size);
+ if (rc == (size_t)-1) {
+ perror("Converting to UCS-2 failed");
+ if (real_strlen != NULL)
+ *real_strlen = 0;
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ if (real_strlen != NULL)
+ *real_strlen = ((buffer_size - output_size) / 2) - 1;
+
+ return buffer;
+}
+