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diff --git a/gettext-runtime/doc/nls.texi b/gettext-runtime/doc/nls.texi index f61ede2..194dffb 100644 --- a/gettext-runtime/doc/nls.texi +++ b/gettext-runtime/doc/nls.texi @@ -128,7 +128,10 @@ which languages are allowed. @c As a user, if your language has been installed for this package, you only have to set the @code{LANG} environment variable to the appropriate -@samp{@var{ll}_@var{CC}} combination. Here @samp{@var{ll}} is an +@samp{@var{ll}_@var{CC}} combination. If you happen to have the @code{LC_ALL} +or some other @code{LC_xxx} environment variables set, you should unset them +before setting @code{LANG}, otherwise the setting of @code{LANG} will not +have the desired effect. Here @samp{@var{ll}} is an @w{ISO 639} two-letter language code, and @samp{@var{CC}} is an @w{ISO 3166} two-letter country code. For example, let's suppose that you speak German and live in Germany. At the shell prompt, merely execute |