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  14     <h1>How to write a GNU libc locale</h1>
  15     <address>by Petter Reinholdtsen</address>
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  24     <p>This is a draft document explaining how to write locale files
  25       for GNU libc.  It will not go into details, but reference
  26       specifications.  It will on the other hand mention some of the
  27       pitfalls, and try to document the current practice.</p>
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  29     <h2>How to choose the locale file name</h2>
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  31     - how to choose the file name
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  33     <h2>Category order</h2>
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  35     <p>To make it easier to compare locales with each other, I
  36       recommend using the same order for the categories in all
  37       locales.  Any order will do, so I picked the order used in most
  38       locales, and decided to recommend this order:</p>
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  40     <ol>
  41       <li>LC_IDENTIFICATION
  42       <li>LC_CTYPE
  43       <li>LC_COLLATE
  44       <li>LC_MONETARY
  45       <li>LC_NUMERIC
  46       <li>LC_TIME
  47       <li>LC_MESSAGES
  48       <li>LC_PAPER
  49       <li>LC_NAME
  50       <li>LC_ADDRESS
  51       <li>LC_TELEPHONE
  52       <li>LC_MEASUREMENT
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  55     <h2>Reuse when possible</h2>
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  57     - "copy" from existing locales if the content should be identical
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  59     <h2>LD_INDENTIFICATION</h2>
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  61     - standard refs in the LD_INDENTIFICATION
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  63     <h2>LC_MESSAGES</h2>
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  65     - yes/no expr should have the form ^[yYnN<extra>], without 0 and 1
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  67     <h2>Standard documents and specifications</h2>
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  72     <address><a href="mailto:pere@hungry.com">Petter Reinholdtsen</a></address>
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