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   8     <h1>How to write a GNU libc locale</h1>
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  10     <address>by Petter Reinholdtsen</address>
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  12     <p>This is a draft document explaining how to write locale files
  13       for GNU libc.  It will not go into details, but reference
  14       specifications.  It will on the other hand mention some of the
  15       pitfalls, and try to document the current practice.</p>
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  17     <h2>How to choose the locale file name</h2>
  18
  19     - how to choose the file name
  20
  21     <h2>Category order</h2>
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  23     <p>To make it easier to compare locales with each other, I
  24       recommend using the same order for the categories in all
  25       locales.  Any order will do, so I picked the order used in most
  26       locales, and decided to recommend this order:</p>
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  28     <ol>
  29       <li>LC_IDENTIFICATION
  30       <li>LC_CTYPE
  31       <li>LC_COLLATE
  32       <li>LC_MONETARY
  33       <li>LC_NUMERIC
  34       <li>LC_TIME
  35       <li>LC_MESSAGES
  36       <li>LC_PAPER
  37       <li>LC_NAME
  38       <li>LC_ADDRESS
  39       <li>LC_TELEPHONE
  40       <li>LC_MEASUREMENT
  41     </ol>
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  43     <h2>Reuse when possible</h2>
  44
  45     - "copy" from existing locales if the content should be identical
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  47     <h2>LD_INDENTIFICATION</h2>
  48
  49     - standard refs in the LD_INDENTIFICATION
  50
  51     <h2>LC_MESSAGES</h2>
  52
  53     - yes/no expr should have the form ^[yYnN<extra>], without 0 and 1
  54
  55     <h2>Standard documents and specifications</h2>
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  58     <address><a href="mailto:pere@hungry.com">Petter Reinholdtsen</a></address>
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