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| author | Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> | 2004-01-17 15:52:32 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> | 2009-06-23 12:11:40 +0200 |
| commit | fe89ccfb2c6d0e9130a9ebe2d31609c42c1321d5 (patch) | |
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Special advice for Norwegian users.
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diff --git a/gettext-runtime/doc/ChangeLog b/gettext-runtime/doc/ChangeLog index afa3e24..9710c58 100644 --- a/gettext-runtime/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gettext-runtime/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,9 @@ 2004-01-17 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> + * nls.texi: Give some advice for smoothing the no -> nb transition. + +2004-01-17 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> + * matrix.texi: Update. * nls.texi (STATUS): Likewise. diff --git a/gettext-runtime/doc/nls.texi b/gettext-runtime/doc/nls.texi index ca5854d..30309c6 100644 --- a/gettext-runtime/doc/nls.texi +++ b/gettext-runtime/doc/nls.texi @@ -160,6 +160,13 @@ For example, some Swedish users who would rather read translations in German than English for when Swedish is not available, set @code{LANGUAGE} to @samp{sv:de} while leaving @code{LANG} to @samp{sv_SE}. +Special advice for Norwegian users: The language code for Norwegian +bokm@ringaccent{a}l changed from @samp{no} to @samp{nb} recently (in 2003). +During the transition period, while some message catalogs for this language +are installed under @samp{nb} and some older ones under @samp{no}, it's +recommended for Norwegian users to set @code{LANGUAGE} to @samp{nb:no} so that +both newer and older translations are used. + In the @code{LANGUAGE} environment variable, but not in the @code{LANG} environment variable, @samp{@var{ll}_@var{CC}} combinations can be abbreviated as @samp{@var{ll}} to denote the language's main dialect. |