[EMAIL PROTECTED] (2004-12-13 at 1539.53 +0900): > At Thu, 9 Dec 2004 00:03:09 +0100, > Guillermo S. Romero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I think the problem is the system does not provide the function to > > > answer "en_GB.UTF-8 and en_GB.utf8 is the same locale". One way to > > > check that two locales are same or not: > > [... script ...] > > > (If you think it's worthwhile that glibc includes this shell script, > > > please let me know) > > > > Well, it would help, but then the users have to be informed the tool > > exists, which is similar effort than inform the issue with locale -a > > output, or just which one is the prefered values (for example, > > man page pointing users to check /usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED). > > Then, could you show us the best way to improve as you think? I think > I and Denis already explained the difference between "locale -a" and > "X11 issue" - now your turn.
For example, locale man page having a FILES section where /usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED is listed as best reference for variable values. Something like: FILES /usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED List of supported values (and their associated encoding) for the LC_* environment variables in a Debian system. This representation is recommended over --all-locales one, due being the system wide supported values See attached patch, I hope it follows proper man page syntax. GSR
--- locale.1 2004-12-13 16:47:56.000000000 +0100 +++ locale-patched.1 2004-12-13 17:02:46.000000000 +0100 @@ -242,6 +242,14 @@ .Vb 1 \& The directory where locale data is stored. In default, /usr/lib/locale is used. .Ve +.SH "FILES" +.IX Header "FILES" +.TP +\fI/usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED\fP +List of supported values (and their associated encoding) for the \fBLC_*\fR +environment variables in a Debian system. This representation is recommended +over \fB\-\-all\-locales\fR one, due being the system wide supported values +.PP .SH "AUTHOR" .IX Header "AUTHOR" \&\fIlocale\fR was written by Ulrich Drepper for the \s-1GNU\s0 C Library.
