Internationalization/locale - Revision history

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‎References and useful links

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‎Format of locale on OS's

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‎Windows

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‎Windows

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‎Format of locale on OS's

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‎Linux

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‎Linux

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‎Windows

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‎Windows

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 == References and useful links ==
-* [http://www-950.ibm.com/software/globalization/icu/demo/locales info] about what's contained in a locale (language codes, time format,...)
+* [http://www.unicode.org/cldr/apps/survey CLDR Survey Tool] Contains info about what a locale can refer to (e.g. language codes, time format, ...)
-* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_and_time_notation_by_country date and time notations]
+* [http://www.unicode.org/cldr/ Common Locale Data Repository] main page
 * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locale Locale on wikipedia]

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 == Format of locale on OS's ==
-* windows: hexadecimal code consisting of a language code (lower 10 bits) and culture code (upper bits), aka Locale Identifier (LCID)
+* windows: hexadecimal code consisting of a language code (lower 10 bits) and culture code (upper bits), aka Locale Identifier (LCID). Note: the LCID is the same for different variants of language like Norwegian (Bokmal) and Norwegian (Nynorsk) (they use the same locale settings)
 * linux, unix: defined as [language[_territory][.codeset][@modifier]]

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 Two solutions:<br>
-* Find out how to get the language id
+* Get the language id
 * Use the locale id (convenient if SortID is needed)
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-'''Found the macro needed: GetUserDefaultLCID()'''
+'''Needed macro (the one that gets the user LCID): GetUserDefaultLCID()'''
-The code should then look like this:
+The code looks like this:
 <code>[eiffel,N]

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 The LCID for "Language for non-Unicode programs" (aka system locale) can be found in the windows registry.<br>
 The LCID of "standards and formats" (aka user locale) doesn't seem to be in the registry nor in the environment variables of windows.
 == How to access to locale ==

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 == Format of locale on OS's ==
-* windows (for unmanaged code): hexadecimal code consisting of a language code (lower 10 bits) and culture code (upper bits), aka Locale Identifier (LCID)
+* windows: hexadecimal code consisting of a language code (lower 10 bits) and culture code (upper bits), aka Locale Identifier (LCID)
 * linux, unix: defined as [language[_territory][.codeset][@modifier]]

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 The function "get" that fetches the language environment variable (LANG) can be found in class EXECUTION_ENVIRONMENT
-SHARED_EXEC_ENVIRONMENT: does this class exist?
+SHARED_EXEC_ENVIRONMENT: located [https://eiffelsoftware.origo.ethz.ch/svn/es/branches/soft-arch/Src/Eiffel/eiffel/shared/shared_exec_environment.e here]
 === Windows ===

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 <code>[eiffel,N]
-language_id: STRING is
+language_id: NATURAL_32 is
-		-- `GetUserDefaultLCID' C encapsulation.
 	external
-		"C [macro %"windows.h%"] : EIF_STRING"
+		"C inline use <windows.h>"
-			-- the macro gives an output of type LCID (is it a string?), ie EIF_STRING needs to be changed accordingly if possible
-			-- the output is an hexadecimal version of the LCID
 	alias
-		"GetUserDefaultLCID"
+		"return GetUserDefaultLCID();"
 	end
 </code>