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authorericm <ericm>2000-07-24 18:09:27 (GMT)
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* doc/msgcat.n: Added documentation about the selection of the
default locale on Windows.
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@@ -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