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authorBruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>2001-02-17 22:13:59 +0000
committerBruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>2001-02-17 22:13:59 +0000
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Fix confusion about ISO 639 and ISO 3166.
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diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
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--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-02-17 Karl Eichwalder <keichwa@gmx.net>
+
+ * gettext.texi: ISO 639 specifies language codes, not country codes.
+
2001-01-28 Bruno Haible <haible@clisp.cons.org>
* gettext.texi (Installation): Call autoload with 4 arguments.
diff --git a/doc/gettext.texi b/doc/gettext.texi
index 8cc8458..2bc5d31 100644
--- a/doc/gettext.texi
+++ b/doc/gettext.texi
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ by the Foundation.
* Maintainers:: The Maintainer's View
* Conclusion:: Concluding Remarks
-* Country Codes:: ISO 639 country codes
+* Language Codes:: ISO 639 language codes
@detailmenu
--- The Detailed Node Listing ---
@@ -5110,7 +5110,7 @@ dist: Makefile $(DISTFILES)
@end enumerate
-@node Conclusion, Country Codes, Maintainers, Top
+@node Conclusion, Language Codes, Maintainers, Top
@chapter Concluding Remarks
We would like to conclude this GNU @code{gettext} manual by presenting
@@ -5229,12 +5229,12 @@ ftp://ftp.ibp.fr/pub/linux/french/docs/
@noindent
together with French translations of many Linux-related documents.
-@node Country Codes, , Conclusion, Top
-@appendix Country Codes
+@node Language Codes, , Conclusion, Top
+@appendix Language Codes
-The @w{ISO 639} standard defines two character codes for many countries.
-All abreviations for countries or languages used in the Translation
-Project should come from this standard.
+The @w{ISO 639} standard defines two character codes for many languages.
+All abbreviations for languages used in the Translation Project should
+come from this standard.
@table @samp
@include iso-apdx.texi