From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Oct 29 8:16: 9 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.ovis.net (ns1.ovis.net [207.0.147.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60EFC37B479; Sun, 29 Oct 2000 08:16:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from 207.0.147.103 (s37.pm5.ovis.net [207.0.147.103]) by ns1.ovis.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id LAA32494; Sun, 29 Oct 2000 11:15:18 -0500 Message-Id: <200010291615.LAA32494@ns1.ovis.net> Reply-To: Steve Kudlak From: chromexa@ovis.net To: Olexander Kunytsa , Nik Clayton Cc: "Michael C . Wu" , i18n@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: re: Re: Need dotfiles for various L10N groups Date: 29 Oct 2000 11:22:58 -0500 X-Mailer: NeoPlanet Version: 5.1.0.1418 X-ID: AF93F1E08CC911D3BC29444553540000 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > ** Original Subject: Re: Need dotfiles for various L10N groups > ** Original Sender: Olexander Kunytsa > ** Original Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 19:29:01 -0400 > ** Original Message follows... > > On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, Nik Clayton wrote: > > > I am trying to collect various dotfiles (.cshrc, .profile, .Xresources, > > > .Xdefaults, ~/.*) for various language localization groups. > > > As I discussed with Nik Clayton, I hope to create > > > /usr/share/skel/{chinese, japanese, french, russian, korean, vietnamese *} > > > > Shouldn't these be /usr/share/skel/{ja_JP.eucJP, zh_TW.Big5, ...} to cater > > for the same language/multiple encodings problem? > > > It would be better to use in such way, I think. I myself can make > /usr/share/skel/uk_UA.KOI8-U/* for Ukrainian lang > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message >** --------- End Original Message ----------- ** > My suspicion is that all those configuration files, Use dot as the leading character and that POSIXdidn't change this? Thisis from old memory so someone doublechecking would help. As far as your proposal goes. it doesn.sound that bad as long as it is consistant and someone supports it (well lots of people). I automatically knowthat when I see .xxx in *nix it is a config file. The problem never seems to be with standards but getting people to agree with them, and they provide a wide consistency. Please correct me if I am wrong. Thanks and Have fun, Seteve Have Fun, Sends Steve Download the Lycos Browser at http://lycos.neoplanet.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message