locale.5: document character transliteration
PATCH 1/1 locale.5: document character transliteration
See e.g. da_DK for reference.
(Not sure should we actually provide an example here?)
--- man5/locale.5 | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
man5/locale.5 +28 -3
@@ -249,9 +249,6 @@ The definition starts with the string in the first column. The following keywords are allowed: -.\" FIXME The following LC_CTYPE keywords are not documented: -.\" translit_start + translit_end -.\" include .TP .I upper followed by a list of uppercase letters.
@@ -460,6 +457,34 @@ for input digits for the locale. followed by a list of mapping pairs of alternate separators for output for the locale. +.TP +.I translit_start +marks the start of the transliteration rules section. +The section can contain the +.I include +keyword in the beginning followed by +locale specific rules and overrides. +Any rule specified in the locale file +will override any rule +copied or included from other files. +In case of duplicate rule definitions in the locale file, +only the first rule is used. + +A transliteration rule consist of a character to be transliterated +followed by a list of transliteration targets separated by semicolons. +The first target which can be presented in the target character set +is used, if none of them can be used the +.I default_missing +character will be used instead. +.TP +.I include +in the transliteration rules section includes +a transliteration rule file +(and optionally a repertoire map file) +. +.TP +.I translit_end +marks the end of the transliteration rules. .PP The .B LC_CTYPE
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