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From: Martin Buchholz <mrb@Eng.Sun.COM>
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        Teruhiko.Kurosaka@Japan.Sun.COM, mrb@kindra-78.Eng.Sun.COM
Subject: Re: mule API of Emacs and XEmacs (Re: caesar-region)
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>>>>> "KH" == Kenichi Handa <handa@etlken.etl.go.jp> writes:

KH> Me too.  The point is whether you find any merit on localizing output
KH> of `date' or `ls -l'?

Which of the following outputs would Japanese users prefer?
Which would American users prefer?

(mrb@xemacs) ~ $ LANG=ja ls -l lskdfj
lskdfj: $B%U%!%$%k$b%G%#%l%/%H%j$b$"$j$^$;$s!#(B
(mrb@xemacs) ~ $ LANG=C ls -l lskdfj
lskdfj: No such file or directory

It is clear which way a script that parses the output would prefer it.
It should always specify LANG=C.

Martin

