#ifndef LYX_DOCSTRING_H
#define LYX_DOCSTRING_H
-#include "support/types.h"
+#include "support/strfwd.h"
#include <string>
namespace lyx {
-/// String type for storing the main text in UCS4 encoding
+/**
+ * String type for storing the main text in UCS4 encoding.
+ * Use std::string only in cases 7-bit ASCII is to be manipulated
+ * within the variable.
+ */
typedef std::basic_string<char_type> docstring;
/// Creates a docstring from a C string of ASCII characters
/// Creates a UTF8 string from a docstring. This should go eventually.
std::string const to_utf8(docstring const &);
+/// convert \p s from the encoding of the locale to ucs4.
+docstring const from_local8bit(std::string const & s);
+
+/**
+ * Convert \p s from ucs4 to the encoding of the locale.
+ * This may fail and throw an exception, the caller is expected to act
+ * appropriately.
+ */
+std::string const to_local8bit(docstring const & s);
+
+/// convert \p s from the encoding of the file system to ucs4.
+docstring const from_filesystem8bit(std::string const & s);
+
+/// convert \p s from ucs4 to the encoding of the file system.
+std::string const to_filesystem8bit(docstring const & s);
+
+/// convert \p s from ucs4 to the \p encoding.
+std::string const to_iconv_encoding(docstring const & s,
+ std::string const & encoding);
+
+/// convert \p s from \p encoding to ucs4.
+docstring const from_iconv_encoding(std::string const & s,
+ std::string const & encoding);
+
+/// normalize \p s to precomposed form c
+docstring const normalize_c(docstring const & s);
+
/// Compare a docstring with a C string of ASCII characters
-bool operator==(lyx::docstring const &, char const *);
+bool operator==(docstring const &, char const *);
/// Compare a C string of ASCII characters with a docstring
-inline bool operator==(char const * l, lyx::docstring const & r) { return r == l; }
+inline bool operator==(char const * l, docstring const & r) { return r == l; }
/// Compare a docstring with a C string of ASCII characters
-inline bool operator!=(lyx::docstring const & l, char const * r) { return !(l == r); }
+inline bool operator!=(docstring const & l, char const * r) { return !(l == r); }
/// Compare a C string of ASCII characters with a docstring
-inline bool operator!=(char const * l, lyx::docstring const & r) { return !(r == l); }
+inline bool operator!=(char const * l, docstring const & r) { return !(r == l); }
/// Concatenate a docstring and a C string of ASCII characters
-lyx::docstring operator+(lyx::docstring const &, char const *);
+docstring operator+(docstring const &, char const *);
/// Concatenate a C string of ASCII characters and a docstring
-lyx::docstring operator+(char const *, lyx::docstring const &);
+docstring operator+(char const *, docstring const &);
/// Concatenate a docstring and a single ASCII character
-lyx::docstring operator+(lyx::docstring const & l, char r);
+docstring operator+(docstring const & l, char r);
/// Concatenate a single ASCII character and a docstring
-lyx::docstring operator+(char l, lyx::docstring const & r);
+docstring operator+(char l, docstring const & r);
/// Append a C string of ASCII characters to a docstring
-lyx::docstring & operator+=(lyx::docstring &, char const *);
+docstring & operator+=(docstring &, char const *);
/// Append a single ASCII character to a docstring
-lyx::docstring & operator+=(lyx::docstring & l, char r);
+docstring & operator+=(docstring & l, char r);
} // namespace lyx
-#if SIZEOF_WCHAR_T != 4 && defined(__GNUC__) && defined(__GNUC_MINOR__) && __GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 4
+#if ! defined(USE_WCHAR_T) && defined(__GNUC__) && defined(__GNUC_MINOR__) && __GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 4
// Missing char_traits methods in gcc 3.3 and older. Taken from gcc 4.2svn.
-namespace std {$
+namespace std {
template<typename T> void
char_traits<T>::assign(char_type & c1, char_type const & c2)