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# Line 161  library. You can read more about them in Line 161  library. You can read more about them in
161    it will try to find a C++ compiler and C++ header files, and if it succeeds,    it will try to find a C++ compiler and C++ header files, and if it succeeds,
162    it will try to build the C++ wrapper.    it will try to build the C++ wrapper.
163    
164  . If you want to make use of the support for UTF-8 character strings in PCRE,  . If you want to make use of the support for UTF-8 Unicode character strings in
165    you must add --enable-utf8 to the "configure" command. Without it, the code    PCRE, you must add --enable-utf8 to the "configure" command. Without it, the
166    for handling UTF-8 is not included in the library. (Even when included, it    code for handling UTF-8 is not included in the library. Even when included,
167    still has to be enabled by an option at run time.)    it still has to be enabled by an option at run time. When PCRE is compiled
168      with this option, its input can only either be ASCII or UTF-8, even when
169      running on EBCDIC platforms. It is not possible to use both --enable-utf8 and
170      --enable-ebcdic at the same time.
171    
172  . If, in addition to support for UTF-8 character strings, you want to include  . If, in addition to support for UTF-8 character strings, you want to include
173    support for the \P, \p, and \X sequences that recognize Unicode character    support for the \P, \p, and \X sequences that recognize Unicode character
# Line 255  library. You can read more about them in Line 258  library. You can read more about them in
258    pcre_chartables.c.dist. See "Character tables" below for further information.    pcre_chartables.c.dist. See "Character tables" below for further information.
259    
260  . It is possible to compile PCRE for use on systems that use EBCDIC as their  . It is possible to compile PCRE for use on systems that use EBCDIC as their
261    default character code (as opposed to ASCII) by specifying    character code (as opposed to ASCII) by specifying
262    
263    --enable-ebcdic    --enable-ebcdic
264    
265    This automatically implies --enable-rebuild-chartables (see above).    This automatically implies --enable-rebuild-chartables (see above). However,
266      when PCRE is built this way, it always operates in EBCDIC. It cannot support
267      both EBCDIC and UTF-8.
268    
269  . It is possible to compile pcregrep to use libz and/or libbz2, in order to  . It is possible to compile pcregrep to use libz and/or libbz2, in order to
270    read .gz and .bz2 files (respectively), by specifying one or both of    read .gz and .bz2 files (respectively), by specifying one or both of
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760  Philip Hazel  Philip Hazel
761  Email local part: ph10  Email local part: ph10
762  Email domain: cam.ac.uk  Email domain: cam.ac.uk
763  Last updated: 27 February 2009  Last updated: 17 March 2009
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