On Jan 12 18:47, cornware...@lavabit.com wrote: > > 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` > > > > or better > > > > export LANG=`locale -uU` setenv LANG `locale -uU` > > export LANG=`locale -sU setenv LANG `locale -sU` > > Thanks for this suggestion. I tested the locale command, and it does > what you describe. > > Unfortunately, the people who download my application usually don't have > Cygwin, so I'll have to distribute locale.exe with my application. Also, > this trick will add extra complexity to my software, which is (AFAIK) not > necessary on other UNIX platforms. > > Despite these disadvantages, I think this is a useful solution for me. > locale.exe is only 18kB; I'll just check the license again to see if this > distributing is OK.
locale.exe is Cygwin licensed, and it's a Cygwin application, so you would have to distribute the Cygwin DLL as well. Plus the Cygwin source codes (which include the locale.exe source codes), to adhere with the GPL. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
