X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:34:13 +0200 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com, newlib@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add "@cjknarrow" modifier (was Re: [Fwd: [1.7] wcwidth failing configure tests]) Message-ID: <20090618153413.GP5039@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com, newlib@sourceware.org References: <200905201652.n4KGqYGm000509@mail.bln1.bf.nsn-intra.net> <200906051625.n55GP6t3028411@mail.bln1.bf.nsn-intra.net> <3f0ad08d0906060242t275a78e7tb9913bf78d1c5e83@mail.gmail.com> <200906121538.n5CFcSld014997@mail.bln1.bf.nsn-intra.net> <3f0ad08d0906140604y49c470eeu68c6c307ec1cd073@mail.gmail.com> <3f0ad08d0906140618w53c82556ye709c70efc1c65e0@mail.gmail.com> <20090615084443.GO5039@calimero.vinschen.de> <3f0ad08d0906150735g27576d41t7207970465e5d884@mail.gmail.com> <20090615151420.GT5039@calimero.vinschen.de> <200906181209.n5IC9qW6023601@mail.bln1.bf.nsn-intra.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200906181209.n5IC9qW6023601@mail.bln1.bf.nsn-intra.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-02-20) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Jun 18 14:09, Thomas.Wolff@nsn.com wrote: > 2009/6/16 Corinna Vinschen > > However, besides of being unnecessary, other systems like Linux or BSD > > use the language string as directory name relative to the > > /usr/share/locale directory. ?If this gets ever used on non-Cygwin > > systems, the symmetry (which has no precedent in the locale arena) would > > require these systems to create yet another subdirectory or symlink for > > the same purpose. ?Even worse, if you propose that @cjkwide is a valid > > modifier for *any* language, you would make the whole mechanism on > > non-newlib based systems more complicated for no apparent reason. > The silly unmodular way that some systems implement the locale mechanism > (the worst of them being SunOS) > should not be an argument to not propagate a reasonable solution. > [Who was in favour of these double negations?] > > The "locale interface" (syntax and semantics of LC_* strings) is defined > in a modular way and so the implementations should be - let them fix it. What do you think, how big will be the acceptance of this approach outside of newlib/Cygwin? Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/