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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 06:39:15 -0700
From: Eric Blake <ebb9 AT byu DOT net>
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Subject: Re: No locale tool
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According to artem_ave on 2/16/2005 6:12 AM:
> Hi!
> 
> I've installed Cygwin recently. I don't know how to set locale. There is no
> locale tool available.

Newlib (cygwin's underlying C library) does not really support locales; it
is hard-wired to the "C"/"POSIX" locale.  So even if there were a locale
tool, it would be pretty boring.  But since POSIX requires locale(1) and
localedef(1) as utilities, it would be nice if somebody contributed them.
 http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PTC

Gettext and libintl help in some regards, such as LC_MESSAGES, although I
can't say that I have any experience with using that part of i18n
(unfortunately, since English is my native language, I am already all too
comfortable with the "C" locale).

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Eric Blake             ebb9 AT byu DOT net
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