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diff --git a/doc/unictype.texi b/doc/unictype.texi index c15ef05..83f9915 100644 --- a/doc/unictype.texi +++ b/doc/unictype.texi @@ -287,13 +287,22 @@ viewing the categories as sets of characters. The following functions associate general categories with their name. @deftypefun {const char *} uc_general_category_name (uc_general_category_t @var{category}) -Returns the name of a general category. +Returns the name of a general category, more precisely, the abbreviated name. +Returns NULL if the general category corresponds to a bit mask that does not +have a name. +@end deftypefun + +@deftypefun {const char *} uc_general_category_long_name (uc_general_category_t @var{category}) +Returns the long name of a general category. Returns NULL if the general category corresponds to a bit mask that does not have a name. @end deftypefun @deftypefun uc_general_category_t uc_general_category_byname (const char *@var{category_name}) -Returns the general category given by name, e.g@. @code{"Lu"}. +Returns the general category given by name, e.g@. @code{"Lu"}, or by long +name, e.g@. @code{"Uppercase Letter"}. +This lookup ignores spaces, underscores, or hyphens as word separators and is +case-insignificant. @end deftypefun The following functions view general categories as sets of Unicode characters. |