Followup to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
By author: Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In newsgroup: linux.utf8
>
> Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS writes:
> > A small non-specific UTF-8 locale is required for boot floppies. I
> > cobbled together the attached version of C@utf-8 to go in
> > /usr/share/i18/locales.
> >
> > Is there a better way of doing this, or a better name for the locale?
>
> Why is the "i18n" file itself not suitable?
>
> The name is debatable, because usually the codeset is mentioned after
> a dot, and @ is reserved for modifiers. Therefore I would call the
> file "BASIC" or "BOOT", and create the locale through
>
> localedef -f UTF-8 -i BOOT BOOT.UTF-8
> or
> localedef -f UTF-8 -i i18n BOOT.UTF-8
>
C. or POSIX. seems bette than BOOT. though.
-hpa
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