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+.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993
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+.\"
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+.\"
+.\" @(#)unvis.3 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
+.\"
+.Dd December 11, 1993
+.Dt UNVIS 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm unvis ,
+.Nm strunvis
+.Nd decode a visual representation of characters
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <vis.h>
+.Ft int
+.Fn unvis "u_char *cp" "u_char c" "int *astate" "int flag"
+.Ft int
+.Fn strunvis "char *dst" "char *src"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn unvis
+and
+.Fn strunvis
+functions
+are used to decode a visual representation of characters, as produced
+by the
+.Xr vis 3
+function, back into
+the original form. Unvis is called with successive characters in
+.Ar c
+until a valid
+sequence is recognized, at which time the decoded character is
+available at the character pointed to by
+.Ar cp .
+Strunvis decodes the
+characters pointed to by
+.Ar src
+into the buffer pointed to by
+.Ar dst .
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn strunvis
+function
+simply copies
+.Ar src
+to
+.Ar dst ,
+decoding any escape sequences along the way,
+and returns the number of characters placed into
+.Ar dst ,
+or \-1 if an
+invalid escape sequence was detected. The size of
+.Ar dst
+should be
+equal to the size of
+.Ar src
+(that is, no expansion takes place during
+decoding).
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn unvis
+function
+implements a state machine that can be used to decode an arbitrary
+stream of bytes. All state associated with the bytes being decoded
+is stored outside the
+.Fn unvis
+function (that is, a pointer to the state is passed in), so
+calls decoding different streams can be freely intermixed. To
+start decoding a stream of bytes, first initialize an integer
+to zero. Call
+.Fn unvis
+with each successive byte, along with a pointer
+to this integer, and a pointer to a destination character.
+The
+.Xr unvis
+function
+has several return codes that must be handled properly. They are:
+.Bl -tag -width UNVIS_VALIDPUSH
+.It Li \&0 (zero)
+Another character is necessary; nothing has been recognized yet.
+.It Dv UNVIS_VALID
+A valid character has been recognized and is available at the location
+pointed to by cp.
+.It Dv UNVIS_VALIDPUSH
+A valid character has been recognized and is available at the location
+pointed to by cp; however, the character currently passed in should
+be passed in again.
+.It Dv UNVIS_NOCHAR
+A valid sequence was detected, but no character was produced. This
+return code is necessary to indicate a logical break between characters.
+.It Dv UNVIS_SYNBAD
+An invalid escape sequence was detected, or the decoder is in an
+unknown state. The decoder is placed into the starting state.
+.El
+.Pp
+When all bytes in the stream have been processed, call
+.Fn unvis
+one more time with flag set to
+.Dv UNVIS_END
+to extract any remaining character (the character passed in is ignored).
+.Pp
+The following code fragment illustrates a proper use of
+.Fn unvis .
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+int state = 0;
+char out;
+
+while ((ch = getchar()) != EOF) {
+again:
+ switch(unvis(&out, ch, &state, 0)) {
+ case 0:
+ case UNVIS_NOCHAR:
+ break;
+ case UNVIS_VALID:
+ (void) putchar(out);
+ break;
+ case UNVIS_VALIDPUSH:
+ (void) putchar(out);
+ goto again;
+ case UNVIS_SYNBAD:
+ (void)fprintf(stderr, "bad sequence!\n");
+ exit(1);
+ }
+}
+if (unvis(&out, (char)0, &state, UNVIS_END) == UNVIS_VALID)
+ (void) putchar(out);
+.Ed
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr vis 1
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm unvis
+function
+first appeared in 4.4BSD.