diff etc/NEWS @ 26525:4df5920724de

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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--- a/etc/NEWS	Sun Nov 21 16:46:24 1999 +0000
+++ b/etc/NEWS	Mon Nov 22 08:17:42 1999 +0000
@@ -599,19 +599,17 @@
 
 The new variable `locale-coding-system' specifies how to encode and
 decode strings passed to low-level message functions like strerror and
-time functions like strftime.  The new variables `messages-locale' and
-`time-locale' give the system locales to be used during the next
-invocations of these two types of functions; the new variables
-`previous-messages-locale' and `previous-time-locale' give the locales
-most recently used.
+time functions like strftime.  The new variables
+`system-messages-locale' and `system-time-locale' give the system
+locales to be used when invoking these two types of functions.
 
 The new function `set-locale-environment' sets the language
 environment, preferred coding system, and locale coding system from
 the system locale as specified by the LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, and LANG
-environment variables.  It is normally invoked during startup.  It
-uses the new variables `locale-language-names',
-`locale-charset-language-names', and `locale-preferred-coding-systems'
-to make its decisions.
+environment variables.  Normally, it is invoked during startup and need
+not be invoked thereafter.  It uses the new variables
+`locale-language-names', `locale-charset-language-names', and
+`locale-preferred-coding-systems' to make its decisions.
 
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