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From: Jonathan Mini <j_mini@efn.org>
To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
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Subject: Re: character-set information for terminals.
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Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> stands accused of saying:
> > > It's in the user's environment with the "TERM" environment variable;
> > > it's the variable that start with "LC_" and "LOCALE"... 8-).
> > 
> >   Hmmm... hate to say it, Terry, but I can't find any systems with a LC_*
> > or LOCALE environment variable on it normally -- I could set one
> > explicitly, but this doesn't help me any for auto-detection.
> 
> 	``By default, C programs start in the "C" locale.''
> 
> >From "man setlocale"... 8-).
> 
> 	``A locale argument of NULL causes setlocale() to return
> 	  the current locale.''
> 
> Also from "man setlocale"... 8-).

  BAH! I missed the reference to a man page. Please hand me a tiny pointy
hat. 

> 
> 
> 					Terry Lambert
> 					terry@lambert.org
> ---
> Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
> or previous employers.

-- 
Jonathan Mini
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