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| author | ericm <ericm> | 2000-07-24 18:09:27 (GMT) |
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| committer | ericm <ericm> | 2000-07-24 18:09:27 (GMT) |
| commit | ceef4e3b16c0df26a54e2fb02ca7f6616140639d (patch) | |
| tree | 13557a59abfb82959a2e576be6e9b609494bab34 /doc/msgcat.n | |
| parent | 52128fffaefb355099f7ce299ab5c685d39a1dd9 (diff) | |
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* doc/msgcat.n: Added documentation about the selection of the
default locale on Windows.
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diff --git a/doc/msgcat.n b/doc/msgcat.n index 4d604c9..829a2f5 100644 --- a/doc/msgcat.n +++ b/doc/msgcat.n @@ -132,7 +132,10 @@ For example, the locale ``en'' specifies English and ``en_US'' specifes U.S. English. .PP The locale defaults to the value in \fBenv(LANG)\fR at the time the -\fBmsgcat\fR package is loaded. If \fBenv(LANG)\fR is not defined, then the +\fBmsgcat\fR package is loaded. On Windows, if \fBenv(LANG)\fR is not +set, the package will attempt to extract locale information from the +registry. If it cannot find this information in the registry, or on +non-Windows platforms when \fBenv(LANG)\fR is not defined, the locale defaults to ``C''. .PP When a locale is specified by the user, a ``best match'' search is |