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Re: gettext locale environment variable documentation
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Bruno Haible |
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Re: gettext locale environment variable documentation |
Date: |
Sun, 3 Jun 2007 12:43:36 +0200 |
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Karl Berry wrote:
> Third, also in the gettext grok node, there is this item:
> 3. `LC_xxx', according to selected locale
> I don't understand why the phrase "according to the selected locale" is
> there. I surmised that xxx meant names like "MESSAGES", e.g.,
> "LC_MESSAGES". How is that locale-dependent? Does "MESSAGES" get
> translated (LC_ANZEIGEN, babelfish tells me :)?! Can you explain,
> please?
No wonder that you don't understand this: the manual confuses the terms
"locale" and "locale category". And moreover, a "locale category" is not
a category of locales... Find attached a doc change that should make it
clearer.
Thanks for reporting this major doc bug.
> P.S. Maybe also worth mentioning that "POSIX" is the same as "C" for a
> locale name?
I don't think it's worth mentioning: I've never seen people using the
"POSIX" locale. They all prefer to use the "C" locale, since it's identical
and shorter to write.
Bruno