Changeset 37e35d2 for chapter09/locale.xml

Timestamp:

06/29/2020 07:55:01 AM (4 years ago)

Author:

Thomas Trepl <thomas@…>

Branches:

multilib-10.1

Children:

c4804e8

Parents:

d4fdde6

Message:

Update to new lfs structure

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/branches/multilib@11986 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

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• chapter09/locale.xml (moved) (moved from chapter07/locale.xml ) (7 diffs)

chapter09/locale.xml

@@ -15 +15 @@
   </indexterm>
 
-  <para>The <filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename> below sets some
+  <para>The <filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename> file below sets some
   environment variables necessary for native language support. Setting
   them properly results in:</para>
@@ -21 +21 @@
   <itemizedlist>
     <listitem>
-      <para>The output of programs translated into the native language</para>
+      <para>The output of programs being translated into your native language</para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
-      <para>Correct classification of characters into letters, digits and other
+      <para>The correct classification of characters into letters, digits and other
       classes. This is necessary for <command>bash</command> to properly accept
       non-ASCII characters in command lines in non-English locales</para>
@@ -32 +32 @@
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
-      <para>Appropriate default paper size</para>
+      <para>The appropriate default paper size</para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
-      <para>Correct formatting of monetary, time, and date values</para>
+      <para>The correct formatting of monetary, time, and date values</para>
     </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
 
   <para>Replace <replaceable>&lt;ll&gt;</replaceable> below with the two-letter code
-  for the desired language (e.g., <quote>en</quote>) and
+  for your desired language (e.g., <quote>en</quote>) and
   <replaceable>&lt;CC&gt;</replaceable> with the two-letter code for the appropriate
   country (e.g., <quote>GB</quote>). <replaceable>&lt;charmap&gt;</replaceable> should
@@ -55 +55 @@
   Some applications cannot handle the various synonyms correctly (e.g., require
   that <quote>UTF-8</quote> is written as <quote>UTF-8</quote>, not
-  <quote>utf8</quote>), so it is safest in most
+  <quote>utf8</quote>), so it is the safest in most
   cases to choose the canonical name for a particular locale. To determine
   the canonical name, run the following command, where <replaceable>&lt;locale
@@ -81 +81 @@
   before the telephone number in order to get into the country. If any of the
   commands above fail with a message similar to the one shown below, this means
-  that your locale was either not installed in Chapter&nbsp;6 or is not supported by
-  the default installation of Glibc.</para>
+  that your locale was either not installed in Chapter&nbsp;6 or is not 
+  supported by the default installation of Glibc.</para>
 
 <screen><computeroutput>locale: Cannot set LC_* to default locale: No such file or directory</computeroutput></screen>
@@ -91 +91 @@
   Glibc.</para>
 
-  <!-- FIXME: the xlib example will became obsolete real soon -->
+  <!-- FIXME: the xlib example will become obsolete in the future.-->
   <para>Some packages beyond LFS may also lack support for your chosen locale. One
   example is the X library (part of the X Window System), which outputs the
@@ -143 +143 @@
   mail with such characters from Mutt or Pine results in non-RFC-conforming
   messages being sent (the charset in the outgoing mail is indicated as <quote>unknown
-  8-bit</quote>). So you can use the <quote>C</quote> locale only if you are sure that
-  you will never need 8-bit characters.</para>
+  8-bit</quote>). It's suggested that you use the <quote>C</quote> locale only 
+  if you are certain that you will never need 8-bit characters.</para>
 
+<!--
   <para>UTF-8 based locales are not supported well by many programs.
   Work is in progress to document and, if possible, fix such problems, see
   <ulink url="&blfs-book;introduction/locale-issues.html"/>.</para>
+-->
 
 </sect1>