locale — Describes a locale definition file
The locale
definition files contains all the information that the
localedef(1) command needs to
convert it into the binary locale database.
The definition files consist of sections which each describe a locale category in detail.
The locale definition file starts with a header that may consist of the following keywords:
<escape_char>is followed by a character that should be used as the escape-character for the rest of the file to mark characters that should be interpreted in a special way. It defaults to the backslash (\).
<comment_char>is followed by a character that will be used as the comment-character for the rest of the file. It defaults to the number sign (#).
The locale definition has one part for each locale
category. Each part can be copied from another existing
locale or can be defined from scratch. If the category
should be copied, the only valid keyword in the definition
is copy followed
by the name of the locale which should be copied.
The definition for the LC_CTYPE category starts with the string
LC_CTYPE in the first
column.
There are the following keywords allowed:
upperfollowed by a list of uppercase letters. The
letters A through
Z are included
automatically. Characters also specified as
cntrl,
digit,
punct, or
space are
not allowed.
lowerfollowed by a list of lowercase letters. The
letters a trough
z are included
automatically. Characters also specified as
cntrl,
digit,
punct, or
space are
not allowed.
alphafollowed by a list of letters. All character
specified as either upper or lower are
automatically included. Characters also specified as
cntrl,
digit,
punct, or
space are
not allowed.
digitfollowed by the characters classified as numeric
digits. Only the digits 0 trough 9 are allowed. They are included by
default in this class.
spacefollowed by a list of characters defined as
white-space characters. Characters also specified as
upper,
lower,
alpha,
digit,
graph, or
xdigit are
not allowed. The characters <space>,
<form-feed>,
<newline>,
<carriage-return>,
<tab>, and
<vertical-tab>
are automatically included.
cntrlfollowed by a list of control characters.
Characters also specified as upper, lower, alpha, digit, punct, graph, print, or xdigit are not
allowed.
punctfollowed by a list of punctuation characters.
Characters also specified as upper, lower, alpha, digit, cntrl, xdigit, or the
<space>
character are not allowed.
graphfollowed by a list of printable characters, not
including the <space>
character. The characters defined as upper, lower, alpha, digit, xdigit, and
punct are
automatically included. Characters also specified as
cntrl are
not allowed.
printfollowed by a list of printable characters,
including the <space>
character. The characters defined as upper, lower, alpha, digit, xdigit, punct, and the
<space>
character are automatically included. Characters also
specified as cntrl are not
allowed.
xdigitfollowed by a list of characters classified as
hexadecimal digits. The decimal digits must be
included followed by one or more set of six
characters in ascending order. The following
characters are included by default: 0 trough 9, a
trough f, A trough F.
blankfollowed by a list of characters classified as
blank. The
characters <space> and
<tab>
are automatically included.
toupperfollowed by a list of mappings from lowercase to
uppercase letters. Each mapping is a pair of a
lowercase and an uppercase letter separated with a
, and enclosed in
parentheses. The members of the list are separated
with semicolons.
tolowerfollowed by a list of mappings from uppercase to lowercase letters. If the keyword tolower is not present, the reverse of the toupper list is used.
The LC_CTYPE definition
ends with the string END
LC_CYTPE.
The LC_COLLATE category
defines the rules for collating characters. Due to
limitations of libc not all POSIX-options are
implemented.
The definition starts with the string LC_COLLATE in the first column.
There are the following keywords allowed:
collating-elementcollating-symbolThe order-definition starts with a line:
order_startfollowed by a list of keywords out of forward, backward, or position. The order
definition consists of lines that describe the order and is
terminated with the keyword
order_end.For more details see the sources in /usr/lib/nls/src notably the examples
POSIX, Example and Example2
The LC_COLLATE definition
ends with the string END
LC_COLLATE.
The definition starts with the string LC_MONETARY in the first column.
There are the following keywords allowed:
int_curr_symbolfollowed by the international currency symbol. This must be a 4-character string containing the international currency symbol as defined by the ISO 4217 standard (three characters) followed by a separator.
currency_symbolfollowed by the local currency symbol.
mon_decimal_pointfollowed by the string that will be used as the decimal delimiter when formatting monetary quantities.
mon_thousands_sepfollowed by the string that will be used as a group separator when formatting monetary quantities.
mon_groupingfollowed by a string that describes the formatting of numeric quantities.
positive_signfollowed by a string that is used to indicate a positive sign for monetary quantities.
negative_signfollowed by a string that is used to indicate a negative sign for monetary quantities.
int_frac_digitsfollowed by the number of fractional digits that
should be used when formatting with the int_curr_symbol.
frac_digitsfollowed by the number of fractional digits that
should be used when formatting with the currency_symbol.
p_cs_precedesfollowed by an integer set to 1 if the currency_symbol or
int_curr_symbol
should precede the formatted monetary quantity or set
to 0 if the symbol
succeeds the value.
p_sep_by_spacefollowed by an integer.
0means that no space should be printed between the symbol and the value.
1means that a space should be printed between the symbol and the value.
2means that a space should be printed between the symbol and the sign string, if adjacent.
n_cs_precedes
0- the symbol succeeds the value.
1- the symbol precedes the value.
n_sep_by_spaceAn integer set to 0
if no space separates the currency_symbol or
int_curr_symbol from
the value for a negative monetary quantity, set to
1 if a space separates
the symbol from the value and set to 2 if a space separates the symbol
and the sign string, if adjacent.
p_sign_posn
0Parentheses enclose the quantity and the
currency_symbolorint_curr_symbol.1The sign string precedes the quantity and the
currency_symbolor theint_curr_symbol.2The sign string succeeds the quantity and the
currency_symbolor theint_curr_symbol.3The sign string precedes the
currency_symbolor theint_curr_symbol.4The sign string succeeds the
currency_symbolor theint_curr_symbol.
n_sign_posn
0Parentheses enclose the quantity and the
currency_symbolorint_curr_symbol.1The sign string precedes the quantity and the
currency_symbolor theint_curr_symbol.2The sign string succeeds the quantity and the
currency_symbolor theint_curr_symbol.3The sign string precedes the
currency_symbolor theint_curr_symbol.4The sign string succeeds the
currency_symbolor theint_curr_symbol.
The LC_MONETARY definition
ends with the string END
LC_MONETARY.
The definition starts with the string LC_NUMERIC in the first column.
The following keywords are allowed:
decimal_pointfollowed by the string that will be used as the decimal delimiter when formatting numeric quantities.
thousands_sepfollowed by the string that will be used as a group separator when formatting numeric quantities.
groupingfollowed by a string that describes the formatting of numeric quantities.
The LC_NUMERIC definition
ends with the string END
LC_NUMERIC.
The definition starts with the string LC_TIME in the first column.
The following keywords are allowed:
abdayfollowed by a list of abbreviated weekday names. The list starts with Sunday or its translation.
dayfollowed by a list of weekday names. The list starts with Sunday.
abmonfollowed by a list of abbreviated month names.
monfollowed by a list of month names.
am_pmThe appropriate representation of the am and pm strings.
d_t_fmtThe appropriate date and time format.
d_fmtThe appropriate date format.
t_fmtThe appropriate time format.
t_fmt_ampmThe appropriate time format when using 12h clock format.
The LC_TIME definition
ends with the string END
LC_TIME.
The definition starts with the string LC_MESSAGES in the first column.
The following keywords are allowed:
yesexprfollowed by a regular expression that describes possible yes-responses.
noexprfollowed by a regular expression that describes possible no-responses.
The LC_MESSAGES definition
ends with the string END
LC_MESSAGES.
See the POSIX.2 standard for details.
/usr/lib/locale/ — database for the current locale setting of that category
/usr/lib/nls/charmap/* — charmap-files
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This file is part of locale(1) which displays the settings of the current locale. Copyright (C) 1994 Jochen Hein (HeinStudent.TU-Clausthal.de) This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA. |