.TH mini18n 3 "August 30, 2011" "mini18n-0.2" "mini18n manual"
.SH NAME
mini18n \- translates strings
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <mini18n.h>

.BI "const char * mini18n(const char * source);"

.BI "const char * mini18n_with_conversion(const char * source, unsigned int format);"

.SH DESCRIPTION
.BR mini18n()
searches for \fIsource\fP in the currently loaded translation and returns the translated value if it's found.
In this case, the returned string points to a mini18n internal buffer and thus should not be\fB free()\fP'd or modified in any way.
If \fIsource\fP is not found or no translation is loaded, the \fIsource\fP string is returned.

.BR mini18n_with_conversion()
do the same as \fBmini18n()\fP but also converts the returned to the specified \fIformat\fP.
Another difference is that the returned string is always converted to the \fIformat\fP.
For now the only possible value of \fIformat\fP is \fBMINI18N_UTF16\fP and is only implemented for the Windows operating system.

.SH RETURN VALUE
The translated string if successul and the source string otherwise.