Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:52:48 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=E1bor_K=F6vesd=E1n?= <gabor@FreeBSD.org> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Gabor Pali <pgj@FreeBSD.org>, doc@FreeBSD.org, Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org>, svn-src-head@freebsd.org, "Sean C. Farley" <scf@FreeBSD.org> Subject: NLS additions to I18N chapter of developers-handbook [Was: Re: svn commit: r189765 - in head: . lib/libc lib/libc/nls] Message-ID: <49BB0DF0.3020907@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0903131312380.61873@fledge.watson.org> References: <200903131040.n2DAecSO061131@svn.freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0903131312380.61873@fledge.watson.org>
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Robert Watson escribió: > > On Fri, 13 Mar 2009, Gabor Kovesdan wrote: > >> - Reenable Native Language Support in libc. This feature was >> disabled due >> to possible breakages in the catalog handling code. Since then, that >> code has been replaced by the secure code from NetBSD but NLS in libc >> remained turned off. Tests have shown that the feature is stable and >> working so we can now turn it on again. > > Do we have a nice tutorialish document somewhere on what people > writing new command line tools or libraries should do in order to > address localization requirements, or at least, make it easier for > other people to do so? I'm afraid I, at least, live in a world > without catalogues, but a quick and practical guide to what The Right > Thing Is for FreeBSD would make it much easier for me to do something > a bit more mature. > I've spent some time on writing a short section on this trying to do this from a practical viewpoint. Please take a look ant tell me what do you think: http://kovesdan.org/files/developers-handbook/posix-nls.html A patch can be found here: http://kovesdan.org/patches/nls-doc.diff (doc@ and some probable reviewers added to CC) -- Gabor Kovesdan FreeBSD Volunteer EMAIL: gabor@FreeBSD.org .:|:. gabor@kovesdan.org WEB: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~gabor .:|:. http://kovesdan.org
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