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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY libidn-download-http "&gnu-http;/libidn/libidn-&libidn-version;.tar.gz">
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8 | <!ENTITY libidn-download-ftp "&gnu-ftp;/libidn/libidn-&libidn-version;.tar.gz">
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9 | <!ENTITY libidn-md5sum "718ff3700dd71f830c592ebe97249193">
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10 | <!ENTITY libidn-size "2.6 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY libidn-buildsize "18 MB (with tests)">
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12 | <!ENTITY libidn-time "0.2 SBU (with tests)">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="libidn" xreflabel="libidn-&libidn-version;">
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16 | <?dbhtml filename="libidn.html"?>
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17 |
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18 | <sect1info>
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19 | <date>$Date$</date>
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20 | </sect1info>
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21 |
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22 | <title>libidn-&libidn-version;</title>
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23 |
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24 | <indexterm zone="libidn">
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25 | <primary sortas="a-libidn">libidn</primary>
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26 | </indexterm>
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27 |
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28 | <sect2 role="package">
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29 | <title>Introduction to libidn</title>
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30 |
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31 | <para>
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32 | <application>libidn</application> is a package designed for
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33 | internationalized string handling based on the
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34 | <ulink url="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3454.txt">Stringprep</ulink>,
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35 | <ulink url="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3492.txt">Punycode</ulink> and
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36 | <ulink url="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3490.txt">IDNA</ulink>
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37 | specifications defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force
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38 | (IETF) Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) working group, used for
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39 | internationalized domain names. This is useful for converting data from the
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40 | system's native representation into UTF-8, transforming Unicode strings
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41 | into ASCII strings, allowing applications to use certain ASCII name labels
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42 | (beginning with a special prefix) to represent non-ASCII name labels, and
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43 | converting entire domain names to and from the ASCII Compatible Encoding
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44 | (ACE) form.
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45 | </para>
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46 |
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47 | &lfs111_checked;
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48 |
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49 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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50 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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51 | <listitem>
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52 | <para>
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53 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libidn-download-http;"/>
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54 | </para>
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55 | </listitem>
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56 | <listitem>
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57 | <para>
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58 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libidn-download-ftp;"/>
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59 | </para>
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60 | </listitem>
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61 | <listitem>
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62 | <para>
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63 | Download MD5 sum: &libidn-md5sum;
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64 | </para>
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65 | </listitem>
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66 | <listitem>
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67 | <para>
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68 | Download size: &libidn-size;
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69 | </para>
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70 | </listitem>
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71 | <listitem>
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72 | <para>
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73 | Estimated disk space required: &libidn-buildsize;
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74 | </para>
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75 | </listitem>
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76 | <listitem>
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77 | <para>
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78 | Estimated build time: &libidn-time;
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79 | </para>
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80 | </listitem>
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81 | </itemizedlist>
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82 |
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83 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">libidn Dependencies</bridgehead>
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84 |
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85 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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86 | <para role="optional">
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87 | <xref linkend="pth"/>,
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88 | <xref linkend="emacs"/>,
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89 | <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>,
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90 | <xref linkend="openjdk"/>,
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91 | <xref linkend="valgrind"/>, and
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92 | <ulink url="http://www.mono-project.com/">Mono</ulink>
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93 | </para>
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94 |
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95 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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96 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/libidn"/>
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97 | </para>
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98 | </sect2>
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99 |
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100 | <sect2 role="installation">
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101 | <title>Installation of libidn</title>
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102 |
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103 | <para>
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104 | Install <application>libidn</application> by running the following
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105 | commands:
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106 | </para>
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107 |
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108 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &&
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109 | make</userinput></screen>
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110 |
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111 | <para>
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112 | To test the results, run:
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113 | </para>
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114 |
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115 | <screen remap="test"><userinput>pushd tests &&
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116 | make check &&
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117 | popd </userinput></screen>
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118 |
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119 | <para>
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120 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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121 | </para>
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122 |
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123 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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124 |
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125 | find doc -name "Makefile*" -delete &&
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126 | rm -rf -v doc/{gdoc,idn.1,stamp-vti,man,texi} &&
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127 | mkdir -v /usr/share/doc/libidn-&libidn-version; &&
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128 | cp -r -v doc/* /usr/share/doc/libidn-&libidn-version;</userinput></screen>
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129 |
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130 | </sect2>
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131 |
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132 | <sect2 role="commands">
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133 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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134 |
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135 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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136 | href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
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137 |
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138 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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139 | href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>
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140 |
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141 | </sect2>
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142 |
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143 | <sect2 role="content">
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144 | <title>Contents</title>
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145 |
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146 | <segmentedlist>
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147 | <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
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148 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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149 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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150 |
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151 | <seglistitem>
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152 | <seg>
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153 | idn
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154 | </seg>
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155 | <seg>
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156 | libidn.so
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157 | </seg>
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158 | <seg>
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159 | /usr/share/doc/libidn-&libidn-version; and
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160 | /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libidn
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161 | </seg>
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162 | </seglistitem>
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163 | </segmentedlist>
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164 |
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165 | <variablelist>
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166 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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167 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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168 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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169 |
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170 | <varlistentry id="idn">
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171 | <term><command>idn</command></term>
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172 | <listitem>
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173 | <para>
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174 | is a command line interface to the internationalized domain
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175 | name library
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176 | </para>
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177 | <indexterm zone="libidn idn">
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178 | <primary sortas="b-idn">idn</primary>
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179 | </indexterm>
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180 | </listitem>
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181 | </varlistentry>
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182 |
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183 | <varlistentry id="libidn-lib">
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184 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libidn.so</filename></term>
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185 | <listitem>
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186 | <para>
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187 | contains a generic Stringprep implementation that does Unicode
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188 | 3.2 NFKC normalization, mapping and prohibition of characters, and
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189 | bidirectional character handling. Profiles for Nameprep, iSCSI, SASL
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190 | and XMPP are included as well as support for Punycode and ASCII
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191 | Compatible Encoding (ACE) via IDNA. A mechanism to define Top-Level
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192 | Domain (TLD) specific validation tables, and to compare strings
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193 | against those tables, as well as default tables for some TLDs are
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194 | included
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195 | </para>
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196 | <indexterm zone="libidn libidn-lib">
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197 | <primary sortas="c-libidn">libidn.so</primary>
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198 | </indexterm>
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199 | </listitem>
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200 | </varlistentry>
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201 |
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202 | </variablelist>
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203 |
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204 | </sect2>
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205 |
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206 | </sect1>
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