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How to create a new locale with a new character set ?

Post by Vincent GRENE » Thu, 21 Feb 2002 01:45:21



Hi All.

I need to create locale files for a specific locale (which already exist
with a standard character set), but with a new character mapping.

Reading the man pages for locale..., I understand that I have to create a
character mapping file (in /usr/share/i18n/charmaps, my distribution is a
RHS 6.2), a locale description file (in /usr/share/i18n/locales), compile it
with localedef, and strfmon() and strftime() should do all the stuff.

When I try to compile a locale definition for an existting locale (just to
try), I just get only the usage message. I tried specifying the charmap,
locale and repertoire files just by name or by full path.

The man pages are not very helpful. Where can I get more information on
localization ?

TIA

Vincent

 
 
 
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1. How to create a new locale on AIX 3.2 ?

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which state the IBM-932 valid code range. For example, 7f is the invalid
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for a code standard(for example, GB-2312), if there exists?

  Thanks!


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