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.\" Copyright (c) 2011 The FreeBSD Foundation
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" This documentation was written by David Chisnall under sponsorship from
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.\" the FreeBSD Foundation.
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.\"
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd September 17 2011
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.Dt NEWLOCALE 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm newlocale
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.Nd Creates a new locale
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In xlocale
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.Ft locale_t
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.Fn newlocale "int mask" "const char * locale" "locale_t base"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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Creates a new locale, inheriting some properties from an existing locale.
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The
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.Fa mask
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defines the components that the new locale will have set to the locale with the
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name specified in the
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.Fa locale
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parameter.
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Any other components will be inherited from
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.Fa base .
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The
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.Fa mask
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is either
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.Fa LC_ALL_MASK ,
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indicating all possible locale components,
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or the logical OR of some combination of the following:
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.Bl -tag -width "LC_MESSAGES_MASK" -offset indent
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.It LC_COLLATE_MASK
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The locale for string collation routines.
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This controls alphabetic ordering in
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.Xr strcoll 3
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and
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.Xr strxfrm 3 .
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.It LC_CTYPE_MASK
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The locale for the
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.Xr ctype 3
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and
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.Xr multibyte 3
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functions.
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This controls recognition of upper and lower case, alphabetic or
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non-alphabetic characters, and so on.
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.It LC_MESSAGES_MASK
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Set a locale for message catalogs, see
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.Xr catopen 3
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function.
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.It LC_MONETARY_MASK
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Set a locale for formatting monetary values; this affects
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the
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.Xr localeconv 3
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function.
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.It LC_NUMERIC_MASK
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Set a locale for formatting numbers.
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This controls the formatting of decimal points in input and output of floating
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point numbers in functions such as
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.Xr printf 3
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and
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.Xr scanf 3 ,
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as well as values returned by
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.Xr localeconv 3 .
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.It LC_TIME_MASK
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Set a locale for formatting dates and times using the
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.Xr strftime 3
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function.
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.El
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This function uses the same rules for loading locale components as
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.Xr setlocale 3 .
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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Returns a new, valid,
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.Fa locale_t
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or NULL if an error occurs.
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You must free the returned locale with
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.Xr freelocale 3 .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr duplocale 3 ,
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.Xr freelocale 3 ,
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.Xr localeconv 3 ,
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.Xr querylocale 3 ,
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.Xr uselocale 3 ,
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.Xr xlocale 3
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.Sh STANDARDS
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This function, conforms to
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.St -p1003.1-2008
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