// default in a couple of places inside wx (initially same as wxConvLibc)
extern WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_BASE(wxMBConv *) wxConvCurrent;
-// ???
+// the conversion corresponding to the current locale
extern WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_BASE(wxCSConv&) wxConvLocal;
+// the conversion corresponding to the encoding of the standard UI elements
+//
+// by default this is the same as wxConvLocal but may be changed if the program
+// needs to use a fixed encoding
+extern WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_BASE(wxMBConv *) wxConvUI;
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// endianness-dependent conversions