From 80f0ce09db36a975d1a226ae0ca621ed9ed199e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 10:49:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Language Environments): Fix the description of locale settings during startup. From Paul Eggert. --- man/mule.texi | 23 ++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/mule.texi b/man/mule.texi index a175454b95f..a80c0af7a81 100644 --- a/man/mule.texi +++ b/man/mule.texi @@ -239,17 +239,18 @@ of the newly installed fonts with the following commands: @vindex locale-language-names @vindex locale-charset-language-names @cindex locales - Some operating systems let you specify the language you are using by -setting the locale environment variables @env{LC_ALL}, @env{LC_CTYPE}, -or @env{LANG}.@footnote{If more than one of these is set, the first -one that is nonempty specifies your locale for this purpose.} Emacs -handles this during startup by matching your locale against entries in -the value of the variables @code{locale-charset-language-names} and -@code{locale-language-names} and selects the corresponding language -environment if a match is found. (The former variable overrides the -latter.) It also adjusts the display table and terminal coding -system, the locale coding system, and the preferred coding system as -needed for the locale. + Some operating systems let you specify the character-set locale you +are using by setting the locale environment variables @env{LC_ALL}, +@env{LC_CTYPE}, or @env{LANG}.@footnote{If more than one of these is +set, the first one that is nonempty specifies your locale for this +purpose.} During startup, Emacs looks up your character-set locale's +name in the system locale alias table, matches its canonical name +against entries in the value of the variables +@code{locale-charset-language-names} and @code{locale-language-names}, +and selects the corresponding language environment if a match is found. +(The former variable overrides the latter.) It also adjusts the display +table and terminal coding system, the locale coding system, and the +preferred coding system as needed for the locale. If you modify the @env{LC_ALL}, @env{LC_CTYPE}, or @env{LANG} environment variables while running Emacs, you may want to invoke the -- 2.39.5