Subject: Re: HEADS UP: migration to fully dynamic linked "base" system
To: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
From: Johnny Billquist <bqt@update.uu.se>
List: current-users
Date: 08/27/2002 09:32:32
On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, Jason R Thorpe wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 03:37:29AM +0200, Johnny Billquist wrote:
> 
>  > By the way, how does locale work today? We have it working for static
>  > linked binaries right now, you know...
> 
> There are multiple parts to a "locale".  One is message catalogs, which,
> as you point out, we currently support (in various forms).
> 
> Another is support for other character sets, such as multi-byte
> characters, as are often found in Asian languages.

Well, support for other characters sets also work, but admittedly, I've
not checked for multibyte character sets.

	Johnny

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