From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: drew.adams@oracle.com
Cc: 9655@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9655: 24.0.50; `set-locale-environment' should use completion
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2011 03:26:24 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1RAcuu-0002FH-Us@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1RAcje-00016M-LZ@fencepost.gnu.org> (message from Eli Zaretskii on Mon, 03 Oct 2011 03:14:46 -0400)
> Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2011 03:14:46 -0400
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
> Cc: 9655@debbugs.gnu.org
> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
>
> > From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> > Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2011 12:45:03 -0700
> >
> > It also says: "The locale names supported by your system can typically
> > be found in a directory named `/usr/share/locale' or `/usr/lib/locale'."
> > This does not help users who are not on a UNIX/Gnu/Linux platform.
> > Where can they be found on Windows, for instance?
>
> Nowhere a mere mortal can see it. The OS maintains the list of
> supported locales, and will divulge it via a certain C-level API. But
> you cannot find that list by searching files or directories, AFAIK.
> As an interactive user, you can see the list in the Control Panel, but
> programmatically the list is available only through that API.
Forgot to mention that this API has a Lisp binding in Emacs:
w32-get-valid-locale-ids. E.g., try
(mapcar 'w32-get-locale-info (w32-get-valid-locale-ids))
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-10-03 7:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-10-02 19:45 bug#9655: 24.0.50; `set-locale-environment' should use completion Drew Adams
2011-10-03 7:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-03 7:26 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2021-08-25 12:36 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-08-25 12:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-08-25 15:34 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2011-10-03 13:35 ` Stefan Monnier
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