Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:24:07 -0800 From: Xin LI <delphij@gmail.com> To: Zhihao Yuan <lichray@gmail.com> Cc: Xin LI <d@delphij.net>, "current@freebsd.org" <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: setlocale() for base system utilities Message-ID: <CAGMYy3vLxHWawSiWsjzpYjr2G%2BduywjFrPsPrZ28psUa3gxXeA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAGsORuCMfWzhWOrDD_PXunKuXWLFLkt2mGaaFgXWsNJkd9wKxQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <50EF7554.70607@delphij.net> <CAGsORuCMfWzhWOrDD_PXunKuXWLFLkt2mGaaFgXWsNJkd9wKxQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thursday, January 10, 2013, Zhihao Yuan wrote: > On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 8:13 PM, Xin Li <delphij@delphij.net<javascript:;>> > wrote: > > I just noticed that many base system utilities, like rm, cat, etc. > > does not do setlocale() at beginning. Is this intentional or just > > nobody have yet to done it? > > Enabling locale in the non-wide-char-awared utilities only makes > difference for 8-bit locales, like ISO8859-*, but not multibyte > ones. From a user's point of view, this is an inconsistency. > It's inconsistency that some utilities use localized messages while some do, too. So I don't buy that argument. -- Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> https://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! Live free or die
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