> Given that getlocale() is not to be used, what's the best way to get the > locale later in the app?
You get the full locale name with locale.setlocale(category) (i.e. without the second argument) > I need that two-letter code that's hidden in a > typical locale like en_ZA.utf8 -- I want that 'en' part. Not sure why you want that. Notice that the locale name is fairly system specific, in particular on non-POSIX systems. It may be "English_SouthAfrica" on some systems. If you are certain that *your* locale names will only ever be of the form <languagecode>[_<countrycode>][.<[EMAIL PROTECTED] (or whatever the syntax is), take anything before the underscore as the language code. However, you should reevaluate why you need that. > BTW - things are hanging-together much better now, thanks to your info. I > have > it running in locale 'C' as well as my other test locales. What a relief! Great! Martin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
