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> From: <ams AT ludd DOT ltu DOT se>
> Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 19:25:53 +0100 (CET)
> 
> > Due to limitations of the @file{country.sys} driver only
> > the current user locale @code{""} or its name in the POSIX form
> > @code{"@var{ll}_ AT var{CC}"}@footnote{
> > The POSIX locale code @code{"@var{ll}_ AT var{CC}"} consists of the ISO
> > two letter language code @var{ll} and the ISO two letter
> > country/territory code @var{CC}, optionally followed by the suffix
> > @code{_EURO}, if the country has adopted the Euro as its currency
> > unit; for example, @code{"de_AT"} for the German-speaking Austrian
> > locale, or @code{"fr_BE_EURO"} for the French-speaking Belgian locale
> > using the Euro.
> > }, and @code{"C"} (aka @code{"POSIX"}) locales are supported. 
> 
> This is a really good explanantion about the format of those
> variables. I propose to add this to setlocal.txh too

We could simply have an @xref in wc204.txi that points to
setlocal.txh.

> Why putting the description of how @code{"@var{ll}_ AT var{CC}"}
> is built in a footnote? I think it should be in the text with all the
> rest.

Making this part of text is a good idea.  We should also add a
suitable @cindex entry to it, while at that, since otherwise users
will not easily find it in the docs.

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