lang(5int) lang(5int)
Name
lang - language names
Description
The language support databases used by are stored in the directory If either the language support databases are moved or you specify your
own language support database, it is necessary to set the INTLINFO environment variable to the new location of these tables. The syntax of
this environment variable is identical to See the reference page for more information.
Should you want to create your own database, use the reference page and the Guide to Developing International Software as references for
what information your database should contain. After you create the database, you can specify it by using the international compiler,
The following table defines the supplied settings of the LANG and LC_ environment variables.
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Database Language Territory Codeset Use
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ENG_GB.MCS English United Kingdom DEC MCS VT200 series
FRE_FR.MCS French France
GER_DE.MCS German Germany
ENG_GB.8859 English United Kingdom ISO Latin-1 VT300 series
FRE_FR.8859 French France
GER_DE.8859 German Germany
ENG_GB.646 English United Kingdom ISO 646 VT100 series
FRE_FR.646 French France
GER_DE.646 German Germany
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In addition to the default collation definition for the GER_DE.nnn language, Digital provides a character collation table that collates
information using the German telephone directory ordering of data. The following example shows how to set the variable to use this table
with the ISO Latin-1 codeset:
LC_COLLATE = GER_DE.8859@P_TELEPHONE
See Also
ic(1int), intro(3int), nl_langinfo(3int), setlocale(3int), environ(5int)
Guide to Developing International Software
lang(5int)
