On Jan 12 11:07, Matthias Andree wrote:
> Am 12.01.2011 10:59, schrieb Corinna Vinschen:
> > On Jan 12 01:50, Cyrille Lefevre wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> an interresting registry entry would be :
> >>
> >> /proc/registry/HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control Panel/International/LocaleName
> >>
> >> in france, under vista, it's fr-FR which is easy to translate to
> >> fr_FR.UTF-8...
> >>
> >> how about to integrate something like this in lang.sh :
> >>
> >> [ -n "${LC_ALL:-${LC_CTYPE:-$LANG}}" ] && return
> >
> > The official way to set the locale is to use the locale(1) tool, see the
> > User's Guide http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#locale
> >
> > export LANG=`locale -u` setenv LANG `locale -u`
> > export LANG=`locale -s` setenv LANG `locale -s`
>
> Everybody using POSIX shell syntax (the left column) should consider using
> $(...) command substitution instead of the obsolete backticks `...`. The
> former
> mixes properly with quoting, so to get into the right habit and set the proper
> example:
>
> export LANG="$(locale -uU)" # (or -sU for system default locale)
It's just another way to express the same. Backticks are not obsolete.
The backtick style is exactly as much POSIX as the $() style. See
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html#tag_18
Other than that, this isn't a mailing list about programming style.
Corinna
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