Re: lynx-dev Re: lynx should respect LANG

[Atsuhito Kohda]

Hi all,

I have some questions which, I guess, are not so important.

From: Klaus Weide <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: lynx-dev Re: lynx should respect LANG
Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 15:06:57 -0500 (CDT)

> So, here is a concrete proposal, in the form of a draft for a lynx.cfg

When lynx sets CHARACTER_SET and/or PREFERRED_LANGUAGE automatically, 
can a user check what values are effective right now by, for example,
'O'ption menu?

> 4) The ( [locale name] -> ) [language tag] -> PREFERRED_LANGUAGE
>    mapping should probably look similar to
>        ( ja_JP.*       -> )    ja           ->   ja, en;q=0.9, *;q=0.5
>        ( ja_JP.*       -> )    ja           ->   ja, *;q=0.5
>    I prefer the second; there shouldnt really be a need to give English
>    a special role.

I think English is generally a good enough for second candidate
for PREFERRED_LANGUAGE.

From: Klaus Weide <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: lynx-dev Re: lynx should respect LANG
Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 17:15:31 -0500 (CDT)

> > If LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE or LANG is set to ja*, I want ASSUME_LOCAL_CHARSET
> > isn't set to euc-jp nor Shift_JIS but set to "iso-8859-1", otherwise
> > the auto detect routine for Japanese is disabled.
> 
> Four possible answers; pick one or more. :)

(snip)

> 4.) If, for making best use of lynx, you have to set ASSUME_LOCAL_CHARSET
> to "iso-8859-1" (rather than leaving it unset) - then that's a design bug 
> in lynx.  Saying that your files are in iso-8859-1 when that's the last
> thing they are is clearly not the right way to go.

Well, I might misunderstand here but, as far as I know,
ASSUME_LOCAL_CHARSET can be left unset.
I have unset ASSUME_LOCAL_CHARSET for a long time and have never 
encountered the problems.

Best Regards,                   2000.6.1

--
 Debian JP Developer - much more I18N of Debian
 Atsuhito Kohda <address@hidden>
 Department of Math., Tokushima Univ.

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