Volume 7A: XView Programming Manual

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 ...