NAME

       mtext_search -

SYNOPSIS

       int mtext_search (MText * mt1, int from, int to, MText * mt2)

DESCRIPTION

       Locate an M-text in a specific range of another. The mtext_search() function searches for the first
       occurrence of M-text mt2 in M-text mt1 in the region from and to while ignoring difference of the text
       properties. If from is less than to, the forward search starts from from, otherwise the backward search
       starts from to.

RETURN VALUE

           If mt2 is found in mt1, mtext_search() returns the position of the first occurrence. Otherwise it
           returns -1. If mt2 is empty, it returns 0.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2001 Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA)
       Copyright (C) 2001-2011 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
       Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free
       Documentation License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html>.

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