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Rename messages-locale to system-messages-locale and time-locale to system-time-locale. Do not mention previous-system-messages-locale and previous-system-time-locale.
author Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
date Mon, 22 Nov 1999 08:17:42 +0000
parents fe1632dc5fb3
children ce6bf7b42bc7
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598 ** New functions and variables for locales. 598 ** New functions and variables for locales.
599 599
600 The new variable `locale-coding-system' specifies how to encode and 600 The new variable `locale-coding-system' specifies how to encode and
601 decode strings passed to low-level message functions like strerror and 601 decode strings passed to low-level message functions like strerror and
602 time functions like strftime. The new variables `messages-locale' and 602 time functions like strftime. The new variables
603 `time-locale' give the system locales to be used during the next 603 `system-messages-locale' and `system-time-locale' give the system
604 invocations of these two types of functions; the new variables 604 locales to be used when invoking these two types of functions.
605 `previous-messages-locale' and `previous-time-locale' give the locales
606 most recently used.
607 605
608 The new function `set-locale-environment' sets the language 606 The new function `set-locale-environment' sets the language
609 environment, preferred coding system, and locale coding system from 607 environment, preferred coding system, and locale coding system from
610 the system locale as specified by the LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, and LANG 608 the system locale as specified by the LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, and LANG
611 environment variables. It is normally invoked during startup. It 609 environment variables. Normally, it is invoked during startup and need
612 uses the new variables `locale-language-names', 610 not be invoked thereafter. It uses the new variables
613 `locale-charset-language-names', and `locale-preferred-coding-systems' 611 `locale-language-names', `locale-charset-language-names', and
614 to make its decisions. 612 `locale-preferred-coding-systems' to make its decisions.
615 613
616 ** syntax tables now understand nested comments. 614 ** syntax tables now understand nested comments.
617 To declare a comment syntax as allowing nesting, just add an `n' 615 To declare a comment syntax as allowing nesting, just add an `n'
618 modifier to either of the characters of the comment end and the comment 616 modifier to either of the characters of the comment end and the comment
619 start sequences. 617 start sequences.