GET_LOCALE(4)

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version 2.5.3 · 2 versions
, in nixos 26.05

✨ NAME ✨

This is the Get_Locale page from the special-file manual, bestie — it gets a tool's locale. Yes, literally that. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

Get_Locale(in string category,
               out string locale
               [...]);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so the Get_Locale request reports the POSIX locale of the indicated locale categories. ✨

The category argument is the locale category to get. A locale category is a group of data types whose output formatting varies according to locale in a similar way. The ISO C and X/Open locale categories are:

  • LC_ALL
  • LC_COLLATE
  • LC_CTYPE
  • LC_MESSAGES
  • LC_MONETARY
  • LC_NUMERIC
  • LC_TIME

The locale argument is the name of the current locale of the indicated category. The value of locale is implementation-defined — that’s just the rules, no cap. 🫶

💀 ERRORS 💀

The ToolTalk service may return the following error in processing the Get_Locale request:

  • TT_DESKTOP_EINVAL — the locale argument is not valid on the handler's host. 😭

🎀 APPLICATION USAGE 🎀

The ttdt_session_join(3) function can be used to register for, and transparently process, the Get_Locale request. 🧚

Also, Get_Locale can be sent by ttdt_sender_imprint_on(3), with the reply being handled transparently. 💖

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

setlocale3C ttdt_sender_imprint_on(3), ttdt_session_join(3); Set_Locale request.

That’s the whole Get_Locale special-file page, bestie — the original footer has no source, version, or date line to quote, just the title again, so this is the cute sign-off. Periodt. 💜🎀

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