[Scrollkeeper-devel] Re: language list

[Christian R. <me...@me...>]

L=E1szl=F3 Kov=E1cs wrote:
> I am trying to implement a similar language list mechanism as in
> gnome-libs/gnome_i18n_get_language_list(). This is about querying
> LC_ALL, LC_MESSAGES and LANG in this order, in fact setlocale() doe=
s
> this all for me. My problem is that although this is implemented in
> gnome-libs() Linux does not seem to like language lists in these
> variables. I tried to set some lists, but my setlocale() call still
> returns C, although the environment variables are set to the list. =
I
> dont know what am I doing wrong. On the other hand on Solaris setti=
ng
> these variables to a language list is illegal, it can be set to one
> locale only and only to one of those that are installed.

I *beleive* this is the same for Linux. I have never seen a system wi=
th
a language list in the LC or LANG variables myself, and it wouldn't
surprise me if it isn't supported. But I don't know for sure. The gli=
bc
manual (http://www.gnu.org/manual/glibc/html_mono/libc.html#SEC111)
mentions that language (locale) lists should be possible in the LANGU=
AGE
variable though:

=09"When developing the message translation functions it was felt
=09that the functionality provided by the variables above is not
=09sufficient. For example, it should be possible to specify more
=09than one locale name. Take a Swedish user who better speaks
=09German than English, and a program whose messages are output
=09in English by default. It should be possible to specify that
=09the first choice of language is Swedish, the second German,
=09and if this also fails to use English. This is possible with
=09the variable LANGUAGE. For further description of this GNU
=09extension see section User influence on gettext
=09(http://www.gnu.org/manual/glibc/html_mono/libc.html#SEC137)."



Christian