GNU bug report logs - #22392
25.0.50; NS Emacs run from OS X GUI doesn't set locale

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.org>

Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2016 14:28:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Found in version 25.0.50

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #65 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Random832 <random832 <at> fastmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22392: Emacs OS X GUI doesn't set locale
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2016 01:13:27 -0500

Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> writes:
> I looked around, and it appears the GnuCash ran into a similar
> problem. You might want to look at its solution, in:
>
> https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/blob/master/src/bin/gnucash-bin.c

AFAIK GnuCash does not do much with subprocesses, so the fact that it
doesn't place the locale in its environment (or use UTF-8) doesn't
provide much useful guidance.
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