
Table 22-3. XView Locale Resources
Locale Parameter Resource Name
Basic Setting basicLocale
Display Language displayLang
Input Language inputLang
Numeric Format numeric
Time Format timeFormat
The example below shows locale resource entries in the X resource database. This example
shows the resources set to the value of “C.” This is the default locale on most operating sys-
tems. As far as character input/output is concerned, “C” is synonymous with 7-bit ASCII.
*basicLocale: C
*displayLang: C
*inputLang: C
*numeric: C
*timeFormat: C
This example shows the resource set to the value “C”. This value specifies the English lan-
guage (American).
22.1.5.2 ANSI-C/POSIX
Internally, XView uses several standard
ANSI-C/POSIX functions. The setlocale() is an
internal function that should not be used in application programs. If locale attributes, com-
mand-line options, or resources are not specified, XView uses environment variables to set
locale information. This method follows the ANSI-C/POSIX specification for locale
announcement. The environmental variables are the same as the POSIX locale categories.
POSIX categories are shown in Table 22-4.
Table 22-4. POSIX Categories
OPEN LOOK Category POSIX Category
Basic Setting LC_CTYPE/LANG*
Display Language LC_MESSAGES
Input Language n/a
Numeric Format LC_NUMERIC
Time Format LC_TIME
n/a LC_MONETARY
n/a LC_COLLATE
*
LANG
(Basic Setting above) is not one of the POSIX categories, but ...