Author: joerg Date: Sat Jun 27 20:55:47 2020 New Revision: 362708 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/362708
Log: Explain how to learn about possible recognized locale names Posix says that the interpretation of the locale string is "implementation-defined", so we ought to document what is actually recognized. Also add a cross reference to locale(1). PR: 247553 MFC after: 1 week Modified: head/lib/libc/locale/setlocale.3 Modified: head/lib/libc/locale/setlocale.3 ============================================================================== --- head/lib/libc/locale/setlocale.3 Sat Jun 27 20:01:56 2020 (r362707) +++ head/lib/libc/locale/setlocale.3 Sat Jun 27 20:55:47 2020 (r362708) @@ -115,9 +115,24 @@ argument of causes .Fn setlocale to return the current locale. +.Pp +The option +.Fl a +to the +.Xr locale 1 +command can be used to display all further possible names for the +.Fa locale +argument that are recognized. +Specifying any unrecognized value for +.Fa locale +makes +.Fn setlocale +fail. +.Pp By default, C programs start in the .Li \&"C" locale. +.Pp The only function in the library that sets the locale is .Fn setlocale ; the locale is never changed as a side effect of some other routine. @@ -150,6 +165,7 @@ and the category .Sh ERRORS No errors are defined. .Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr locale 1 , .Xr localedef 1 , .Xr catopen 3 , .Xr ctype 3 , _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
