Author: gbe (doc committer) Date: Fri Aug 7 17:25:56 2020 New Revision: 364032 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/364032
Log: setlocale(3): Add an EXAMPLES section and add LANG category PR: 41824 Submitted by: Slaven Rezic <eserte atvran dot herceg dot de> Obtained from: NetBSD MFC after: 1 week Modified: head/lib/libc/locale/setlocale.3 Modified: head/lib/libc/locale/setlocale.3 ============================================================================== --- head/lib/libc/locale/setlocale.3 Fri Aug 7 16:56:43 2020 (r364031) +++ head/lib/libc/locale/setlocale.3 Fri Aug 7 17:25:56 2020 (r364032) @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ .\" @(#)setlocale.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd September 9, 2019 +.Dd August 7, 2020 .Dt SETLOCALE 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ as well as values returned by Set a locale for formatting dates and times using the .Fn strftime function. +.It Dv LANG +Sets the generic locale category for native language, local customs +and coded character set in the absence of more specific locale +variables. .El .Pp Only three locales are defined by default, @@ -153,6 +157,25 @@ if the given combination of and .Fa locale makes no sense. +.Sh EXAMPLES +The following code illustrates how a program can initialize the +international environment for one language, while selectively +modifying the program's locale such that regular expressions and +string operations can be applied to text recorded in a different +language: +.Bd -literal + setlocale(LC_ALL, "de"); + setlocale(LC_COLLATE, "fr"); +.Ed +.Pp +When a process is started, its current locale is set to the C or POSIX +locale. +An internationalized program that depends on locale data not defined in +the C or POSIX locale must invoke the setlocale subroutine in the +following manner before using any of the locale-specific information: +.Bd -literal + setlocale(LC_ALL, ""); +.Ed .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /usr/share/locale/locale/category -compact .It Pa $PATH_LOCALE/ Ns Em locale/category _______________________________________________ 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"
