The locale definition file starts with a header that may consist
of the following keywords:
<escape_char>
is followed by a character that should be used as the
escape-character for the rest of the file to mark characters that
should be interpreted in a special way. It defaults to
the backslash (
\\ ).
<comment_char>
is followed by a character that will be used as the
comment-character for the rest of the file. It defaults to the
number sign (#).
The locale definition has one part for each locale category.
Each part can be copied from another existing locale or
can be defined from scratch. If the category should be copied,
the only valid keyword in the definition is
copy followed by the name of the locale which should be copied.
The definition for the
LC_CTYPE category starts with the string
LC_CTYPE in the first column.
There are the following keywords allowed:
upper
followed by a list of uppercase letters. The letters
A trough
Z are included automatically. Characters also specified as
cntrl,
digit,
punct, or
space are not allowed.
lower
followed by a list of lowercase letters. The letters
a trough
z are included automatically. Characters also specified as
cntrl,
digit,
punct, or
space are not allowed.
alpha
followed by a list of letters. All character specified as either
upper or
lower are automatically included. Characters also specified as
cntrl,
digit,
punct, or
space are not allowed.
digit
followed by the characters classified as numeric digits. Only the
digits
0 trough
9 are allowed. They are included by default in this class.
space
followed by a list of characters defined as white-space
characters. Characters also specified as
upper,
lower,
alpha,
digit,
graph, or
xdigit are not allowed. The characters
<space>,
<form-feed>,
<newline>,
<carriage-return>,
<tab>, and
<vertical-tab> are automatically included.
cntrl
followed by a list of control characters.
Characters also specified as
upper,
lower,
alpha,
digit,
punct,
graph,
print, or
xdigit are not allowed.
punct
followed by a list of punctuation characters. Characters also
specified as
upper,
lower,
alpha,
digit,
cntrl,
xdigit, or the
<space> character are not allowed.
graph
followed by a list of printable characters, not including the
<space> character. The characters defined as
upper,
lower,
alpha,
digit,
xdigit, and
punct are automatically included.
Characters also specified as
cntrl are not allowed.
print
followed by a list of printable characters, including the
<space> character. The characters defined as
upper,
lower,
alpha,
digit,
xdigit,
punct, and the
<space> character are automatically included.
Characters also specified as
cntrl are not allowed.
xdigit
followed by a list of characters classified as hexadecimal
digits. The decimal digits must be included followed by one or
more set of six characters in ascending order. The following
characters are included by default:
0 trough
9,
a trough
f,
A trough
F.
blank
followed by a list of characters classified as
blank. The characters
<space> and
<tab> are automatically included.
toupper
followed by a list of mappings from lowercase to uppercase
letters. Each mapping is a pair of a lowercase and an uppercase letter
separated with a
, and enclosed in parentheses. The members of the list are separated
with semicolons.
tolower
followed by a list of mappings from uppercase to lowercase
letters. If the keyword tolower is not present, the reverse of the
toupper list is used.
The
LC_CTYPE definition ends with the string
END LC_CYTPE.
The
LC_COLLATE category defines the rules for collating characters. Due to
limitations of libc not all POSIX-options are implemented.
The definition starts with the string
LC_COLLATE in the first column.
There are the following keywords allowed:
collating-element
collating-symbol
The order-definition starts with a line:
order_start
followed by a list of keywords out of
forward,
backward, or
position. The order definition consists of lines that describe the order
and is terminated with the keyword
order_end.
For more details see the sources in
/usr/lib/nls/src notably the examples
POSIX,
Example and
Example2
The
LC_COLLATE definition ends with the string
ENDLC_COLLATE.
The definition starts with the string
LC_MONETARY in the first column.
There are the following keywords allowed:
int_curr_symbol
followed by the international currency symbol. This must be a
4-character string containing the international currency symbol as
defined by the ISO 4217 standard (three characters) followed by a
separator.
currency_symbol
followed by the local currency symbol.
mon_decimal_point
followed by the string that will be used as the decimal delimiter
when formatting monetary quantities.
mon_thousands_sep
followed by the string that will be used as a group separator
when formatting monetary quantities.
mon_grouping
followed by a string that describes the formatting of numeric
quantities.
positive_sign
followed by a string that is used to indicate a positive sign for
monetary quantities.
negative_sign
followed by a string that is used to indicate a negative sign for
monetary quantities.
int_frac_digits
followed by the number of fractional digits that should be used when
formatting with the
int_curr_symbol.
frac_digits
followed by the number of fractional digits that should be used when
formatting with the
currency_symbol.
p_cs_precedes
followed by an integer set to
1 if the
currency_symbol or
int_curr_symbol
should precede the formatted monetary quantity or set to
0 if the symbol succeeds the value.
p_sep_by_space
followed by an integer.
0
means that no space should be printed between the symbol and the
value.
1
means that a space should be printed between the symbol and the
value.
2
means that a space should be printed between the symbol and the
sign string, if adjacent.
n_cs_precedes
0
- the symbol succeeds the value.
1
- the symbol precedes the value.
n_sep_by_space
An integer set to
0 if no space separates the
currency_symbol or
int_curr_symbol from the value for a negative monetary quantity, set to
1 if a space separates the symbol from the value and set to
2 if a space separates the symbol and the sign string, if adjacent.
p_sign_posn
0
Parentheses enclose the quantity and the
currency_symbol or
int_curr_symbol.
1
The sign string precedes the quantity and the
currency_symbol or the
int_curr_symbol.
2
The sign string succeeds the quantity and the
currency_symbol or the
int_curr_symbol.
3
The sign string precedes the
currency_symbol or the
int_curr_symbol.
4
The sign string succeeds the
currency_symbol or the
int_curr_symbol.
n_sign_posn
0
Parentheses enclose the quantity and the
currency_symbol or
int_curr_symbol.
1
The sign string precedes the quantity and the
currency_symbol or the
int_curr_symbol.
2
The sign string succeeds the quantity and the
currency_symbol or the
int_curr_symbol.
3
The sign string precedes the
currency_symbol or the
int_curr_symbol.
4
The sign string succeeds the
currency_symbol or the
int_curr_symbol.
The
LC_MONETARY definition ends with the string
END LC_MONETARY.
