Re: which locale? plz clarify me

[Adoal Xu <adoal@iname.com>]

On Thu, 7 Oct 1999 04:11:59 +0800
Anthony Wong <hajime@asunaro.dhs.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 07, 1999 at 12:54:50AM +0800, zhaoway wrote:
> |which one to use? plz?
> |zh_CN.GB2312 as found in kde and many more, or
> |zh_CN.EUC as found in TurboLinux-CN, or
> |zh as found in XFree86, or
> |zh_CN and zh_TW like others been found in glibc/locale.alias?
> |
> |and why? which one's debian's prefer? plz clarify me.... sleepy.....
>
> Currently zh_CN.GB2312 should be the one that's used the most
> extensively in Debian, although there are often problems
> here and there. Personally I'm waiting for the locales support
> in glibc to stablize, as I know they are making a new repertoiremap,
> and so the GB locales may need to be rewritten soon (although I'm
> not 100% sure). I forsee that there'll also be GBK in glibc as
> things proceed.
GB2312ÊÇ·ûºÏEUCµÄ£¬Òò´ËÔÚLC_CTYPE·½Ã棬Á½ÕßÊǼæÈݵġ£
LC_MESSAGEÉÏÒªÔÚÁ½ÕßÖ®¼äÇл»Ò²²»ÊÇʲô´óÎÊÌâ¡£
µ«ÊÇGB2312¿´ÆðÀ´ÊÇÒ»¸öÒѾ­¹ýʱµÄ±ê×¼¡£Ð±ê×¼ÊÇGB13000(GBK)£¬
µ«ÊÇGBK²»¼æÈÝ EUC£¬ÕâÑùÔ­À´ÎªEUCÉè¼ÆµÄһЩ¶«Î÷¾ÍÒª¸Ä¡£
glibc2.1ÀïµÄeuc-cn.cºÍgb2312.c¶¼²»ÄÜÓÃÔÚGBKÉÏ¡£TurboLinux 4.0Àï
µÄglibc-2.1.1-4.SRPM£¬ÆäÖÐÓÐÒ»¸öpatch¾ÍÊÇgbkµÄiconv module¡£
ÎÒÇ°Ìì¸Õ¸øUlrich DrepperдÐÅ̸µ½Õâ¸öÎÊÌâ¡£Ëû˵Õâ¸öpatchËûÔç¾ÍÄõ½ÁË£¬
¼Æ»®ÔÚ2.2°æ¼ÓÈëÄÚÖÃÍêÕûµÄ¸÷ÖÖ¶à×Ö½ÚlocaleÖ§³Ö£¬2.1°æÖ»ÐÞ²¹£¬²»×ö
´ó¶¯×÷ÁË£¬faint¡¤*£¡£¨£©#¡ª¡¤£¨*£¡#¡ª¡ª¡­¡­*#£¨¡¤

>
> As I don't want to rush for a temporary solution, I'm not doing
> much work in improving a better GB environment. I would rather
> look for opportunities to help glibc to achieve what they think as
> the 'right way to do'.
> Of course, anyone who is willing to persue this can send bug reports
> to appropriate developers :)
>


--

Best Regards

Adoal Xu