Allow omitting spaces in joining group names.

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 2011-03-26  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
+	Allow omitting spaces in joining group names.
+	* doc/unictype.texi (Joining group): Add details about how
+	uc_joining_group_byname works.
+
+2011-03-26  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
 	Support long names of joining types.
 	* doc/unictype.texi (Joining type): Document
 	uc_joining_type_long_name. Mention that uc_joining_type_byname
diff --git a/doc/unictype.texi b/doc/unictype.texi
index 0215b96..2859cc3 100644
--- a/doc/unictype.texi
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@@ -858,6 +858,8 @@ Returns the name of a joining group.
 
 @deftypefun int uc_joining_group_byname (const char *@var{joining_group_name})
 Returns the joining group given by name, e.g@. @code{"Teh_Marbuta"}.
+This lookup ignores spaces, underscores, or hyphens as word separators and is
+case-insignificant.
 @end deftypefun
 
 The following function gives the joining group of every Unicode character.