On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 11:08:32AM -0400, Chuck Houpt wrote: > Certainly the motivation for the patch came from a problem > encountered while building packages for multilingual systems. The > problem was that Lynx was missing a desirable feature. The patch
I guess that this is it. I don't understand what "desirable feature" Lynx is missing wrt the patch. > The fact that two package builders independently decided to custom > add the feature, just shows how much they feel the feature is I think two independent packagers have decided to "overstep" their boundaries. On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 11:58:58AM -0400, Chuck Houpt wrote: > Some illustrative examples: > > Given that myprog.pl is an multilingual Perl script, then the > following will display myprog messages in Japanese: > > export LANG=ja > perl myprog.pl No. The language that "myprog.pl" spits out should be controlled by "myprog.pl" itself, either with a command line switch or a configuration file, or a static language file. > Give that Google.com is a multilingual web site, then the following > should display with Google's Japanese messages (modulo custom settings): No. If implemented (please don't), it "should" force Lynx to use the Japanese message catalog (ja.po) to display its own messages. > export LANG=ja > lynx http://google.com To me the example you offer tells exactly why a shell environment variable should NOT be used to force ALL applications running in that shell to use a specific language. I think I'm just repeating what Thorsten said, but maybe in a different light, since I know from hard experience that "setenv LANG ja" is a total disaster. If you need that, then the way to do it is "env LANG=ja mutt". IOW, don't pollute your shell with such silly stuff, but feed it only to the application that has to have it as a crutch (since it doesn't have a built-in way to set it). Perl and Lynx are totally different animals. Even the slightest similarity between "myprog.pl" and "http://google.com"; would be pure cooincidence. It doesn't make sense to me to try to force them all into the same box. __Henry "Using Lynx is like wearing a really good pair of shades: cuts out the glare and harmful UV (ultra-vanity), and you feel so-o-o COOL." -- me, March 1999 _______________________________________________ Lynx-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
