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author Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
date Fri, 03 Dec 1999 19:11:12 +0000
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21 * Splitting Characters:: 21 * Splitting Characters::
22 * Scanning Charsets:: 22 * Scanning Charsets::
23 * Translation of Characters:: 23 * Translation of Characters::
24 * Coding Systems:: 24 * Coding Systems::
25 * Input Methods:: 25 * Input Methods::
26 * Locales:: Interacting with the POSIX locale.
26 @end menu 27 @end menu
27 28
28 @node Text Representations 29 @node Text Representations
29 @section Text Representations 30 @section Text Representations
30 @cindex text representations 31 @cindex text representations
1217 the @var{args}. 1218 the @var{args}.
1218 @end defvar 1219 @end defvar
1219 1220
1220 The fundamental interface to input methods is through the 1221 The fundamental interface to input methods is through the
1221 variable @code{input-method-function}. @xref{Reading One Event}. 1222 variable @code{input-method-function}. @xref{Reading One Event}.
1223
1224 @node Locales
1225 @section Locales
1226 @cindex locale
1227
1228 POSIX defines a concept of ``locales'' which control which language
1229 to use in language-related features. These Emacs variables control
1230 how Emacs interacts with these features.
1231
1232 @defvar locale-coding-system
1233 @tindex locale-coding-system
1234 This variable specifies the coding system to use for decoding system
1235 error messages, for encoding the format argument to
1236 @code{format-time-string}, and for decoding the return value of
1237 @code{format-time-string}.
1238 @end defvar
1239
1240 @defvar system-messages-locale
1241 @tindex system-messages-locale
1242 This variable specifies the locale to use for generating system error
1243 messages. Changing the locale can cause messages to come out in a
1244 different language or in a different orthorgraphy. If the variable is
1245 @code{nil}, the locale is specified by environment variables in the
1246 usual POSIX fashion.
1247 @end defvar
1248
1249 @defvar system-time-locale
1250 @tindex system-time-locale
1251 This variable specifies the locale to use for formatting time values.
1252 Changing the locale can cause messages to appear according to the
1253 conventions of a different language. If the variable is @code{nil}, the
1254 locale is specified by environment variables in the usual POSIX fashion.
1255 @end defvar