From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#22392: Emacs OS X GUI doesn't set locale Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 17:14:15 +0200 Message-ID: <83lh7c1igo.fsf__28549.5882075795$1453821328$gmane$org@gnu.org> References: <83twm01ju1.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1453821328 27019 80.91.229.3 (26 Jan 2016 15:15:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 15:15:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 22392@debbugs.gnu.org, alan@idiocy.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Anders Lindgren Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 26 16:15:17 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aO5Ku-0007w5-Rx for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 16:15:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44609 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aO5Kp-0001Lm-8R for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 10:15:11 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35802) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aO5Kl-0001LB-78 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 10:15:08 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aO5Kg-00077R-II for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 10:15:07 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:49554) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aO5Kg-00077E-Ew for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 10:15:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aO5Kg-0000f9-8s for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 10:15:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 15:15:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 22392 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 22392-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B22392.14538212652488 (code B ref 22392); Tue, 26 Jan 2016 15:15:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 22392) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Jan 2016 15:14:25 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37774 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aO5K5-0000e4-1A for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 10:14:25 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:44477) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aO5K3-0000ds-I1 for 22392@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 10:14:23 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aO5Jx-0006xE-Cj for 22392@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 10:14:18 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:37908) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aO5JT-0006ke-1E; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 10:13:47 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:1341 helo=HOME-C4E4A596F7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1aO5JS-0008LT-9q; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 10:13:46 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Anders Lindgren on Tue, 26 Jan 2016 16:06:38 +0100) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:111991 Archived-At: > Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 16:06:38 +0100 > From: Anders Lindgren > Cc: 22392@debbugs.gnu.org, Alan Third , > emacs-devel > > > * Have you considered populating `process-environment' instead of setting > LANG > > in the Emacs process? Would there be any advantages/disadvantages with > this > > approach? > > process-environment gets passed to child processes, right? > > > Yes, that is why I asked if he had considered that approach. The reason I asked > was if there was any advantage in setting the LANG variable of the Emacs > process itself, or if this only was of interest of subprocesses. Passing our LANG to subprocesses would be a bad idea, I think. Emacs is not supposed to change the environment of the child processes just because it needs that for itself.