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+ <title>How to write a GNU libc locale</title>
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+ <h1>How to write a GNU libc locale</h1>
+
+ <address>by Petter Reinholdtsen</address>
+
+ <p>This is a draft document explaining how to write locale files
+ for GNU libc. It will not go into details, but reference
+ specifications. It will on the other hand mention some of the
+ pitfalls, and try to document the current practice.</p>
+
+ <h2>How to choose the locale file name</h2>
+
+ - how to choose the file name
+
+ <h2>Category order</h2>
+
+ <p>To make it easier to compare locales with each other, I
+ recommend using the same order for the categories in all
+ locales. Any order will do, so I picked the order used in most
+ locales, and decided to recommend this order:</p>
+
+ <ol>
+ <li>LC_IDENTIFICATION
+ <li>LC_CTYPE
+ <li>LC_COLLATE
+ <li>LC_MONETARY
+ <li>LC_NUMERIC
+ <li>LC_TIME
+ <li>LC_MESSAGES
+ <li>LC_PAPER
+ <li>LC_NAME
+ <li>LC_ADDRESS
+ <li>LC_TELEPHONE
+ <li>LC_MEASUREMENT
+ </ol>
+
+ <h2>Reuse when possible</h2>
+
+ - "copy" from existing locales if the content should be identical
+
+ <h2>LD_INDENTIFICATION</h2>
+
+ - standard refs in the LD_INDENTIFICATION
+
+ <h2>LC_MESSAGES</h2>
+
+ - yes/no expr should have the form ^[yYnN<extra>], without 0 and 1
+
+ <h2>Standard documents and specifications</h2>
+
+ <hr>
+ <address><a href="mailto:pere@hungry.com">Petter Reinholdtsen</a></address>
+<!-- Created: Sun Mar 21 18:14:42 CET 2004 -->
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