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Re: suggestion (was Re: 1.7.7: Localization does not follow the language of the OS)


On Jan 12 14:54, Matthias Andree wrote:
> Am 12.01.2011 11:55, schrieb Corinna Vinschen:
> 
> >> export LANG="$(locale -uU)"    # (or -sU for system default locale)
> > 
> > It's just another way to express the same.  Backticks are not obsolete.
> > The backtick style is exactly as much POSIX as the $() style.  See
> > http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html#tag_18
> > 
> > Other than that, this isn't a mailing list about programming style.
> 
> Try mixing backticks with quoting and blanks, or try nesting them, and then
> you'll know it's not about style but pretty much about functionality, hence,
> obsolete (whether it's labelled as such in the standard or not - there is a
> better alternative).

*shrug*

Please move this to the cygwin-talk list.  It doesn't belong here.


Corinna

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