Add some info on how to test a new locale.

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     <h2>Standard documents and specifications</h2>
 
+    <h2>Testing the new locale file</h2>
+
+       <p>To test a new locale on a test machine, do the
+       following:</p>
+
+       <ul>
+
+         <li>Copy the new locale to
+           <tt>/usr/share/i18n/locales/<em>filename</em></tt></li>
+
+         <li>Run <tt>localedef -i <em>inputfile</em> -c -f
+             <em>charset<em> <em>locale</em></tt> to generate a
+           binary locale file in
+           <tt>/usr/lib/locale/<em>locale</em>/</tt></li>
+
+         <li>Test it using LANG=<em>locale</em>, for example by
+           running <tt>date</tt></li>
+
+       </ul>
+
+       <p>Example, generating a new <tt>de_DE@euro</tt> locale using
+         the ISO-8859-15 charset and save it as 'de_DE':</p>
+
+       <pre>
+         cp de_DE@euro /usr/share/i18n/locales/de_DE@euro
+         localedef -i de_DE@euro -c -f ISO-8859-15 de_DE
+         LANG=de_DE date
+       </pre>
+       
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     <address><a href="mailto:pere@hungry.com">Petter Reinholdtsen</a></address>
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