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Re: lynx-dev gettext() question #2
From: |
Kari E. Hurtta |
Subject: |
Re: lynx-dev gettext() question #2 |
Date: |
Wed, 18 Nov 1998 15:19:44 +0200 (EET) |
Leonid Pauzner:
> >> At the risk of getting flamed (wouldn't be the first time :), shouldn't
> >> these questions be going to the gettext mailing list?
>
>
> > Nope. Lynx is using gettext; gettext isn't using lynx.
>
> > My question was meant to provoke some thought. Specifically, will it be
> > possible to change, on the fly, what language gettext is using. And if so,
> > consider adding that to the user interface somehow.
>
> > Again, referring to my original reason for proprosing such an ability:
> > public access lynx where the admin might be interested in providing
> > multiple languages for the users.
>
> There is another problem possible:
> gettext() support based on language, not character set (usually iso-8859-1).
> Lynx support a list of character sets, so a person using cpXXX display
> will be confused... Display charset generally independent from LOCALE,
> assuming a person start lynx from the remote terminal.
$LANG includes implicity character set, because it specifies
also LC_CTYPE locale.
So if user is using some remote terminal, he needs adjust
$LANG also to get other programs (than lynx) to work correctly.
Some systems there is several possible $LANG values for same
language (which just differ by used caharacter-set). For example:
en_US
en_US.ISO8859-1
It may make do sense to map $LANG (or result of setlocale(LC_CTYPE,NULL)
actually) to character set with some (OS dependent) mapping table.
/ Kari Hurtta
- Re: lynx-dev gettext() question, (continued)
- Re: lynx-dev gettext() question, Nelson Henry Eric, 1998/11/13
- Re: lynx-dev gettext() question, Claude SOMA - CNTS, 1998/11/13
- Re: lynx-dev gettext() question, Nelson Henry Eric, 1998/11/13
- Re: lynx-dev gettext() question, Nelson Henry Eric, 1998/11/13
- lynx-dev handling the screen in lynxexec, Eduardo Chappa L., 1998/11/13
- Re: lynx-dev gettext() question, Mike Castle, 1998/11/15
- Re: lynx-dev gettext() question, dickey, 1998/11/15
- lynx-dev gettext() question #2, Leonid Pauzner, 1998/11/15
- Re: lynx-dev gettext() question #2,
Kari E. Hurtta <=
- Re: lynx-dev gettext() question #2, Leonid Pauzner, 1998/11/18
- Re: lynx-dev gettext() question #2, Kari E. Hurtta, 1998/11/19
- Re: lynx-dev gettext() question #2, Klaus Weide, 1998/11/19
- Re: lynx-dev gettext() question #2, Leonid Pauzner, 1998/11/20
- Re: lynx-dev gettext() question #2, Kari E. Hurtta, 1998/11/22
- Re: lynx-dev gettext() question #2, Leonid Pauzner, 1998/11/22
Re: lynx-dev gettext() question, Nelson Henry Eric, 1998/11/13
Re: lynx-dev gettext() question, Nelson Henry Eric, 1998/11/15
Re: lynx-dev gettext() question, Claude SOMA - CNTS, 1998/11/16