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<h1>How to write a GNU libc locale</h1>
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- <address>by Petter Reinholdtsen</address>
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<p>This is a draft document explaining how to write locale files
for GNU libc. It will not go into details, but reference
<h2>How to choose the locale file name</h2>
- - how to choose the file name
+ <p>Locale names consist of three parts. The language code, the
+ country/region code, and the optional modifier. The format is
+ language_REGION@modifier. The language code is a code from
+ ISO 639. The two-letter code is prefered, but a three letter
+ code is accepted if no two-letter code is available. The
+ country/region code is a code from ISO 3166. If the language
+ or region in question is missing in the ISO standard, one need
+ to get the ISO standard updated before the locale will be
+ included in glibc.</p>
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+ <p>Little is known about the requirements for the naming of
+ modifiers. The following modifiers are currently used:
+ abegede, cyrillic, euro and saaho. This might indicate that
+ lower case letters are prefered in modifier names.</p>
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+ <p>It is recommended to follow RFC 3066 when selecting locale
+ names.</p>
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+ <ul>
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+ <li><a href="http://www.unicode.org/onlinedat/countries.html">ISO
+ 3166</a></li>
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+ <li><a href="http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/">ISO 639</a></li>
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+ <li><a href="http://rfc.sunsite.dk/rfc/rfc3066.html"> RFC 3066
+ - Tags for the Identification of Languages</a></li>
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+ </ul>
<h2>Category order</h2>
<h2>Standard documents and specifications</h2>
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<address><a href="mailto:pere@hungry.com">Petter Reinholdtsen</a></address>
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