X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:11:10 +0100 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: suggestion (was Re: 1.7.7: Localization does not follow the language of the OS) Message-ID: <20110112151110.GC12190@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <44682.83.86.0.251.1294773608.squirrel@lavabit.com> <4D2CFAC9.6040706@laposte.net> <20110112095907.GC6353@calimero.vinschen.de> <4D2D7D5D.7080800@gmx.de> <20110112105559.GI6353@calimero.vinschen.de> <4D2DB29D.7010406@gmx.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4D2DB29D.7010406@gmx.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) 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 Jan 12 14:54, Matthias Andree wrote: > Am 12.01.2011 11:55, schrieb Corinna Vinschen: > > >> export LANG="$(locale -uU)" # (or -sU for system default locale) > > > > It's just another way to express the same. Backticks are not obsolete. > > The backtick style is exactly as much POSIX as the $() style. See > > http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html#tag_18 > > > > Other than that, this isn't a mailing list about programming style. > > Try mixing backticks with quoting and blanks, or try nesting them, and then > you'll know it's not about style but pretty much about functionality, hence, > obsolete (whether it's labelled as such in the standard or not - there is a > better alternative). *shrug* Please move this to the cygwin-talk list. It doesn't belong here. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple