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25.0.50; NS Emacs run from OS X GUI doesn't set locale

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Message #41 received at 22392 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.org>
To: Anders Lindgren <andlind <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 22392 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, emacs-devel <emacs-devel <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Emacs OS X GUI doesn't set locale
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 22:50:40 +0000

Anders Lindgren <andlind <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> This sounds like a good change. Unfortunately, I can't answer the
> locale-questions you raised in the mail. However, I have a few small
> questions:
>
> * Why a separate source file? Is there any technical reasons why this
> couldn't reside in, say, nsterm.m?

No, I just wasn't sure what the deal was with including files like that
in emacs.c since there's quite a lot in it. If that's an acceptable way
to do it then I'd be happy to do so.

> * Can you add a "NSTRACE" line to the function, so that it's clear
> when this function is called, when NSTRACE is enabled.

I don't know what that means, but I'll look into it.

> * Have you considered populating `process-environment' instead of
> setting LANG in the Emacs process? Would there be any
> advantages/disadvantages with this approach?

The problem is that Emacs itself doesn't know what the correct locale is
and therefore sets various encodings and things to "nil". As far as I
can tell process-environment is only for sub-processes, which doesn't
solve this particular problem.
-- 
Alan Third

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