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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-08-29 23:37:33 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-08-29 23:56:47 +0200
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doc: Mention the "normalized codeset" used in locale names.
* doc/guix.texi (Locales): Introduce "codeset". <%default-locale-definitions>: Mention the "normalized codeset", with an xref to libc's manual. * gnu/system/locale.scm (%default-locale-definitions)[utf8-locale]: Mention the "normalized codeset" in a comment.
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@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@
(letrec-syntax ((utf8-locale (syntax-rules ()
((_ name*)
(locale-definition
+ ;; Note: We choose "utf8", which is the
+ ;; "normalized codeset".
(name (string-append name* ".utf8"))
(source name*)
(charset "UTF-8")))))