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Re: nl_langinfo(CODESET)

To: libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com
Subject: Re: nl_langinfo(CODESET)
From: Bruno Haible <haible at ilog dot fr>
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 15:38:21 +0100 (CET)
Cc: Markus Kuhn <Markus dot Kuhn at cl dot cam dot ac dot uk>
References: <200011030918.KAA00950@loewis.home.cs.tu-berlin.de> <E13rdOG-0003g8-00@wisbech.cl.cam.ac.uk>


Markus Kuhn writes:

> Since there are a couple of programs out there (for example less and
> xterm!) which parse "LANG", "LC_CTYPE", and "LC_ALL" to find out
> whether UTF-8 is used (instead of using nl_langinfo(CODESET)), it
> would be good to attach ".UTF-8" to these four locale names in particular.

The programs you cite should be fixed to use nl_langinfo(CODESET), or
- if portability to older systems is desired - libcharset[1].

Bruno


[1] http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/clisp/libiconv/libcharset/?cvsroot=clisp

References:
- nl_langinfo(CODESET)
  - From: Martin v. Loewis
- Re: nl_langinfo(CODESET)
  - From: Markus Kuhn

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