Re: gettext locale environment variable documentation

[Bruno Haible]

Karl Berry wrote:
> Third, also in the gettext grok node, there is this item:
>    3. `LC_xxx', according to selected locale 
> I don't understand why the phrase "according to the selected locale" is
> there.  I surmised that xxx meant names like "MESSAGES", e.g.,
> "LC_MESSAGES".  How is that locale-dependent?  Does "MESSAGES" get
> translated (LC_ANZEIGEN, babelfish tells me :)?!  Can you explain,
> please?

No wonder that you don't understand this: the manual confuses the terms
"locale" and "locale category". And moreover, a "locale category" is not
a category of locales... Find attached a doc change that should make it
clearer.

Thanks for reporting this major doc bug.

> P.S. Maybe also worth mentioning that "POSIX" is the same as "C" for a
> locale name?

I don't think it's worth mentioning: I've never seen people using the
"POSIX" locale. They all prefer to use the "C" locale, since it's identical
and shorter to write.

Bruno