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strfmon.3: rewrite the example

PATCH In review Marko Myllynen 2 participants 2 messages Jun 9, 2015 – Jun 12, 2015 1 message not in the archive Man-pages: manual pages for Linux -- Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7

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PATCH 1/1 strfmon.3: rewrite the example

Hi Michael,

I think the example is more accurate when we use the exact locale names and also the Euro sign where appropriate.

---
 man3/strfmon.3 |   29 +++++++++++++++--------------
 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
man3/strfmon.3 +15 -14
index 1fcfbf0..fe2a086 100644
@@ -189,27 +189,28 @@ strfmon(buf, sizeof(buf), "[%^=*#6n] [%=*#6i]",
 outputs
 .in +4n
 
-[ fl **1234,57] [ NLG  **1 234,57]
+[€ **1234,57] [EUR **1 234,57]
 
 .in
-in the Dutch locale (with fl for "florijnen" and NLG for Netherlands Guilders).
-The grouping character is very ugly because it takes as much space
-as a digit, while it should not take more than half that,
-and will no doubt cause confusion.
-Surprisingly, the "fl" is preceded and followed by a space,
-and "NLG" is preceded by one and followed by two spaces.
-This may be a bug in the locale files.
-The Italian, Australian, Swiss,
-and Portuguese locales yield
+in the
+.I nl_NL
+locale.
+The 
+.IR de_DE ,
+.IR de_CH ,
+.IR en_AU ,
+and
+.I en_GB
+locales yield
 .in +4n
 
-[ L. **1235] [ ITL  **1.235]
+[ **1234,57 €] [ **1.234,57 EUR]
 .br
-[ $**1234.57] [ AUD **1,234.57]
+[ Fr. **1234.57] [ CHF **1'234.57]
 .br
-[Fr. **1234,57] [CHF  **1.234,57]
+[ $**1234.57] [ AUD**1,234.57]
 .br
-[ **1234$57Esc] [ **1.234$57PTE ]
+[ £**1234.57] [ GBP**1,234.57]
 .in
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR duplocale (3),

Thanks,

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Quoted 4 lines · Marko Myllynen

Hi Michael,

I think the example is more accurate when we use the exact locale names and also the Euro sign where appropriate.

Thanks, Marko. Applied.

Cheers,

Michael

Quoted 54 lines
---
 man3/strfmon.3 |   29 +++++++++++++++--------------
 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
man3/strfmon.3 +15 -14
index 1fcfbf0..fe2a086 100644
@@ -189,27 +189,28 @@ strfmon(buf, sizeof(buf), "[%^=*#6n] [%=*#6i]",
 outputs
 .in +4n
 
-[ fl **1234,57] [ NLG  **1 234,57]
+[€ **1234,57] [EUR **1 234,57]
 
 .in
-in the Dutch locale (with fl for "florijnen" and NLG for Netherlands Guilders).
-The grouping character is very ugly because it takes as much space
-as a digit, while it should not take more than half that,
-and will no doubt cause confusion.
-Surprisingly, the "fl" is preceded and followed by a space,
-and "NLG" is preceded by one and followed by two spaces.
-This may be a bug in the locale files.
-The Italian, Australian, Swiss,
-and Portuguese locales yield
+in the
+.I nl_NL
+locale.
+The 
+.IR de_DE ,
+.IR de_CH ,
+.IR en_AU ,
+and
+.I en_GB
+locales yield
 .in +4n
 
-[ L. **1235] [ ITL  **1.235]
+[ **1234,57 €] [ **1.234,57 EUR]
 .br
-[ $**1234.57] [ AUD **1,234.57]
+[ Fr. **1234.57] [ CHF **1'234.57]
 .br
-[Fr. **1234,57] [CHF  **1.234,57]
+[ $**1234.57] [ AUD**1,234.57]
 .br
-[ **1234$57Esc] [ **1.234$57PTE ]
+[ £**1234.57] [ GBP**1,234.57]
 .in
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR duplocale (3),

Thanks,

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