[Info-vax] [OT] Linux vs Windows vs OS X. Was Re: Unix on A DEC Vax?

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <kdh961$hka$1 at dont-email.me>,
	Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
> On 2013-01-20, Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2013-01-20 16:24:17 +0000, Simon Clubley said:
>>> The country specific attributes (currency symbols, date format, etc) are
>>> set at operating system level and the application is expected to acquire
>>> those values from the machine it is running on.
>>> 
>>> These settings, while they can be changed at application level in some
>>> applications, most certainly are not application specific.
>>
>> In OpenVMS, the "OS" layer closest to what Simon is referencing is 
>> implemented in the internationalization add-on package 
>><http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/83final/5763/5763pro_019.html>, and ? 
>> given the I18N kit is packaged as an add-on kit and not an integrated 
>> feature ? its usage among OpenVMS applications probably isn't as 
>> frequent or as large as might otherwise be desirable.  I18N includes 
>> iconv, locale(), et al.  There is a port of the GNU gettext() API 
>> around, too.
>>
> 
> And on Linux:
> 
> 	man 1 locale
> 	man 7 locale
> 
> will help get Bill started.

I'm not the one with the locale problem.  :-)

All of the locale() routines are in the C library.  Looks application
specific to me.  But, a quick perusal shows a bunch of Environment
Variables (or one if you want all of them changed) that control it.

bill


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