---
name: "mflt_run"
section: "3m17n"
platform: "linux"
package: "m17n-docs"
version: "1.8.4-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mflt_run"
---

# mflt\_run(3m17n)

## NAME

mflt\_run -

## SYNOPSIS

int **mflt\_run** (**MFLTGlyphString** \* *gstring*, int *from*, int *to*, **MFLTFont** \* *font*, **MFLT** \* *flt*)

## DESCRIPTION

Layout characters with an FLT. The **mflt\_run()** function layouts characters in **gstring** between **from** (inclusive) and **to** (exclusive) with **font**. If **flt** is nonzero, it is used for all the charaters. Otherwise, appropriate FLTs are automatically chosen.

**Return values**

*\>=0* The operation was successful. The value is the index to the glyph, which was previously indexed by **to**, in **gstring-\>glyphs**.\
 *-2* **gstring-\>glyphs** is too short to store the result. The caller can call this fucntion again with a longer **gstring-\>glyphs**.\
 *-1* Some other error occurred. \

## 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\>.