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2008-11-03T08:12:09Z

References and useful links

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	== References and useful links ==		== 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/Date_and_time_notation_by_country Date and time notations]
	* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locale Locale on wikipedia]		* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locale Locale on wikipedia]

2006-06-27T11:36:45Z

Format of locale on OS's

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	== Format of locale on OS's ==		== 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]]		* linux, unix: defined as [language[_territory][.codeset][@modifier]]

2006-06-26T06:25:16Z

Windows

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	Two solutions:<br>		Two solutions:<br>
	* ~~Find out how to get~~ the language id		* Get the language id
	* Use the locale id (convenient if SortID is needed)		* Use the locale id (convenient if SortID is needed)
			in both cases the solution can be found the macros of windows.h


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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]		<code>[eiffel,N]

2006-06-26T06:21:41Z

Windows

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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 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.		The LCID of "standards and formats" (aka user locale) doesn't seem to be in the registry nor in the environment variables of windows.
			There are some macros defined in windows.h that help getting these values.

	== How to access to locale ==		== How to access to locale ==

2006-06-26T06:20:42Z

Format of locale on OS's

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	== Format of locale on OS's ==		== 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]]		* linux, unix: defined as [language[_territory][.codeset][@modifier]]

2006-06-25T06:34:50Z

Linux

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	The function "get" that fetches the language environment variable (LANG) can be found in class EXECUTION_ENVIRONMENT		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 ===		=== Windows ===

2006-06-25T05:39:45Z

Linux

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	The function "get" that fetches the language environment variable (LANG) can be found in class EXECUTION_ENVIRONMENT		The function "get" that fetches the language environment variable (LANG) can be found in class EXECUTION_ENVIRONMENT

	SHARED_EXEC_ENVIRONMENT		SHARED_EXEC_ENVIRONMENT: does this class exist?

	=== Windows ===		=== Windows ===

2006-06-25T05:38:50Z

Windows

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	<code>[eiffel,N]		<code>[eiffel,N]
	language_id: ~~STRING~~ is		language_id: NATURAL_32 is
	~~-- `GetUserDefaultLCID' C encapsulation.~~
	external		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		alias
	"GetUserDefaultLCID"		"return GetUserDefaultLCID();"
	end		end
	</code>		</code>

2006-06-23T05:53:50Z

Windows

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	<code>[eiffel,N]		<code>[eiffel,N]
	language_id: ~~INTEGER~~ is		language_id: STRING is
	-- `GetUserDefaultLCID' C encapsulation.		-- `GetUserDefaultLCID' C encapsulation.
	external		external

2006-06-22T20:49:51Z

Linux

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	== How to access to locale ==		== How to access to locale ==
	=== Linux ===		=== Linux ===
	The function "get" that fetches the language environment variable (LANG) can be found in class SHARED_EXEC_ENVIRONMENT		The function "get" that fetches the language environment variable (LANG) can be found in class EXECUTION_ENVIRONMENT

			SHARED_EXEC_ENVIRONMENT

	=== Windows ===		=== Windows ===