Re: windows-1251 language environment

[Kevin Rodgers]

Jason Rumney wrote:

> MS Windows uses three letter codes for languages instead of the two
> letter ISO codes that POSIX uses. In most cases the first two letters
> are the same, so most of the regexps in locale-language-names
> work. Japanese and Chinese are exceptions, which are listed in the
> non-standard section at the bottom of locale-language-names. 

ISO 639 (Code for the Representation of the Names of Languages) defines

2-letter codes, whereas ISO 639-2 (... Part 2: Alpha-3 Code) defines 3-
letter codes.  Is that what Microsoft uses?

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Kevin Rodgers