Hi Michael, I think the example is more accurate when we use the exact locale names and also the Euro sign where appropriate. --- man3/strfmon.3 | 29 +++++++++++++++-------------- 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/man3/strfmon.3 b/man3/strfmon.3 index 1fcfbf0..fe2a086 100644 --- a/man3/strfmon.3 +++ b/man3/strfmon.3 @@ -189,27 +189,28 @@ strfmon(buf, sizeof(buf), "[%^=*#6n] [%=*#6i]", outputs .in +4n -[ fl **1234,57] [ NLG **1 234,57] +[€ **1234,57] [EUR **1 234,57] .in -in the Dutch locale (with fl for "florijnen" and NLG for Netherlands Guilders). -The grouping character is very ugly because it takes as much space -as a digit, while it should not take more than half that, -and will no doubt cause confusion. -Surprisingly, the "fl" is preceded and followed by a space, -and "NLG" is preceded by one and followed by two spaces. -This may be a bug in the locale files. -The Italian, Australian, Swiss, -and Portuguese locales yield +in the +.I nl_NL +locale. +The +.IR de_DE , +.IR de_CH , +.IR en_AU , +and +.I en_GB +locales yield .in +4n -[ L. **1235] [ ITL **1.235] +[ **1234,57 €] [ **1.234,57 EUR] .br -[ $**1234.57] [ AUD **1,234.57] +[ Fr. **1234.57] [ CHF **1'234.57] .br -[Fr. **1234,57] [CHF **1.234,57] +[ $**1234.57] [ AUD**1,234.57] .br -[ **1234$57Esc] [ **1.234$57PTE ] +[ £**1234.57] [ GBP**1,234.57] .in .SH SEE ALSO .BR duplocale (3), Thanks, -- Marko Myllynen -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
