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.TH "mtext_lowercase" 3m17n "14 Jul 2007" "" "Version 1.4.0" "" "The m17n Library" \" -*- nroff -*-
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.SH NAME
mtext_lowercase - Lowercase an M-text. 


.SH SYNOPSIS
int
\fBmtext_lowercase\fP (\fBMText\fP *
\fImt\fP)


.SH DESCRIPTION
The
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mtext_lowercase()
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function destructively converts each character in M-text
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mt
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to lowercase. Adjacent characters in
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mt
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may affect the case conversion. If the Mlanguage text property is attached to
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mt\fP,
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it may also affect the conversion. The length of
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mt
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may change. Characters that cannot be converted to lowercase is left unchanged. All the text properties are inherited.
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.SH RETURN VALUE
.PP.RS 4
This function returns the length of the updated
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mt\fP.
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.RE
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\fBSee Also: mtext_titlecase(), mtext_uppercase()\fP.RS 4

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