From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 14 02:11:45 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: doc@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C1DD106564A; Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:11:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gabor@FreeBSD.org) Received: from server.mypc.hu (server.mypc.hu [87.229.73.95]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D55038FC0C; Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:11:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gabor@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server.mypc.hu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5094B14D87B1; Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:52:51 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at t-hosting.hu Received: from server.mypc.hu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (server.mypc.hu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 2uffIx0cuDlQ; Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:52:50 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.1.105] (catv-80-98-231-64.catv.broadband.hu [80.98.231.64]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by server.mypc.hu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 85F9214D877A; Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:52:50 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <49BB0DF0.3020907@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:52:48 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=E1bor_K=F6vesd=E1n?= User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Robert Watson References: <200903131040.n2DAecSO061131@svn.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Gabor Pali , doc@FreeBSD.org, Tom Rhodes , Giorgos Keramidas , svn-src-head@freebsd.org, "Sean C. Farley" Subject: NLS additions to I18N chapter of developers-handbook [Was: Re: svn commit: r189765 - in head: . lib/libc lib/libc/nls] X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:11:45 -0000 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 code has been replaced by the secure code from NetBSD but NLS in libc 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