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nightmorph 06/10/06 18:35:52 |
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Modified: utf-8.xml |
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Log: |
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changed LC_ALL to LANG recommendation per bug 148236 |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.45 xml/htdocs/doc/en/utf-8.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/utf-8.xml?rev=1.45&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/utf-8.xml?rev=1.45&content-type=text/plain |
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diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/utf-8.xml?r1=1.44&r2=1.45 |
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Index: utf-8.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/utf-8.xml,v |
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retrieving revision 1.44 |
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retrieving revision 1.45 |
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diff -u -r1.44 -r1.45 |
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--- utf-8.xml 29 Aug 2006 10:03:52 -0000 1.44 |
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+++ utf-8.xml 6 Oct 2006 18:35:52 -0000 1.45 |
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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ |
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/utf-8.xml,v 1.44 2006/08/29 10:03:52 rane Exp $ --> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/utf-8.xml,v 1.45 2006/10/06 18:35:52 nightmorph Exp $ --> |
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<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> |
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<guide link="/doc/en/utf-8.xml"> |
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<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> |
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<license /> |
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-<version>2.22</version> |
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-<date>2006-08-28</date> |
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+<version>2.23</version> |
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+<date>2006-10-06</date> |
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<chapter> |
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<title>Character Encodings</title> |
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@@ -231,13 +231,13 @@ |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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-There is one environment variable that needs to be set in order to use |
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-our new UTF-8 locales: <c>LC_ALL</c> (this variable overrides the <c>LANG</c> |
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-setting as well). There are also many different ways to set it; some people |
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-prefer to only have a UTF-8 environment for a specific user, in which case |
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-they set them in their <path>~/.profile</path> (if you use <c>/bin/sh</c>), |
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-<path>~/.bash_profile</path> or <path>~/.bashrc</path> (if you use |
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-<c>/bin/bash</c>). |
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+There is one environment variable that needs to be set in order to use our new |
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+UTF-8 locales: <c>LANG</c> (you can override this variable with the |
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+<c>LC_ALL</c> setting as well). There are also many different ways to set it; |
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+some people prefer to only have a UTF-8 environment for a specific user, in |
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+which case they set them in their <path>~/.profile</path> (if you use |
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+<c>/bin/sh</c>), <path>~/.bash_profile</path> or <path>~/.bashrc</path> (if you |
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+use <c>/bin/bash</c>). |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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<pre caption="Demonstration /etc/env.d/02locale"> |
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<comment>(As always, change "en_GB.UTF-8" to your locale)</comment> |
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-LC_ALL="en_GB.UTF-8" |
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+LANG="en_GB.UTF-8" |
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</pre> |
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+<note> |
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+You can also substitute <c>LC_ALL</c> for <c>LANG</c>. This sets your locale |
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+for all categories, including numerical and currency values. On a very few |
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+systems, it might cause some issues. However, most users should be able to use |
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+<c>LC_ALL</c> without problems. For more information on the categories affected |
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+by using <c>LC_ALL</c>, please read the <uri |
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+link="http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Locale-Categories.html#Locale-Categories">GNU |
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+locale page</uri>. |
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+</note> |
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<p> |
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Next, the environment must be updated with the change. |
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</p> |
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