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Re: localedata/locales/iso14651_t1 problem?


At 05 May 2001 23:18:11 -0700,
Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> > > % LANG=en_US ls -a
> > > .   file2vZuoT  filevijr0k  ssh-XXOKiPLN  texMSudLt  .X11-unix
> > > ..  filennXKNi  .font-unix  texaZj9oc     .X0-lock   .xf86config20364
> > 
> > (This version of "ls" is locale sensitive)
> > Above is correct behavior. But, users want below behavior like:
> > 
> > > % LANG=en_US ls -a
> > > .   .X0-lock   .font-unix        file2vZuoT  filevijr0k    texMSudLt
> > > ..  .X11-unix  .xf86config20364  filennXKNi  ssh-XXOKiPLN  texaZj9oc
> 
> Then let those people use LC_ALL=C.  You have to learn to
> differentiate between the assumptions made by people who used
> non-i18n-ized systems and the assumptions a neutral (or new) user has.
> The first output is what everybody in the second camp expects since
> this is how a dictionary is ordered.

Do you think iso14651_t1 reached to use?
It has been approved and is under publication,
so it's only in beta stage, IMHO.

-- GOTO Masanori


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