Attachment 59820 Details for Bug 89367 – utf-8.xml.diff

[patch] utf-8.xml.diff

utf-8.xml.diff (text/plain), 2.02 KB, created by Jonathan Smith (RETIRED) on 2005-05-25 14:43:34 UTC

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>--- en/utf-8.xml	2005-05-09 10:05:46.000000000 -0400
>+++ utf-8.xml	2005-05-25 17:41:28.636892360 -0400
>@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
> 
> <license />
> 
>-<version>2.0</version>
>-<date>2005-05-08</date>
>+<version>2.1</version>
>+<date>2005-05-25</date>
> 
> <chapter>
> <title>Character Encodings</title>
>@@ -228,16 +228,23 @@
> <body>
> 
> 
>-There are two environment variables that need to be set in order to use
>-our new UTF-8 locales: <c>LANG</c> and <c>LC_ALL</c>. There are also
>-many different ways to set them; some people prefer to only have a UTF-8
>-environment for a specific user, in which case they set them in their
>-<path>~/.profile</path> or <path>~/.bashrc</path>. Others prefer to set the
>-locale globally. One specific circumstance where the author particularly
>-recommends doing this is when <path>/etc/init.d/xdm</path> is in use, because
>-this init script starts the display manager and desktop before any of the
>-aforementioned shell startup files are sourced, and so before any of the
>-variables are in the environment.
>+There are two environment variables that need to be set in order to use our new
>+UTF-8 locales: <c>LANG</c> and <c>LC_ALL</c>. There are also many different
>+ways to set them; some people prefer to only have a UTF-8 environment for a
>+specific user, in which case individual users can set locales in their
>+<path>~/.bash_profile</path>.
>+
>+
>+<note>
>+If <c>bash</c> is called via the <c>sh</c> symlink, it will attempt to conform to POSIX standards, and will source <path>~/.profile</path> and not <path>~/.bash_profile</path>. To remedy this, you can either list the settings in both files, or you can link the files via <c>ln</c>.
>+</note>
>+
>+
>+Other individuals prefer to set the locale globally. One specific circumstance
>+where the author particularly recommends global options is when a graphical
>+login manager is in use, because this init script starts the display manager
>+and desktop before any of the aforementioned shell startup files are sourced,
>+and so before any of the variables are in the environment.
> 
> 
>

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