Re: Another translating problem: baseconfig.c

[Mikhail Sobolev <mss@transas.com>]

On Sat, Dec 08, 2001 at 12:50:33AM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote:
> In 07 Dec 2001 12:23:56 +0100 Petter cum veritate scripsit :
> 
> > 
> > If you are able to translate it to "", then the default locale (as set
> > by env LANG) will be used instead of the "C"locale.  But an empty
> > translation will be handled as no translation and ignored.
> > 
> > Hm, I do not understand this either.
> > 
> 
> Looking at "cvs annotate" output, it seems like a VERY old code.
> I've got an impression that no one reviewed the reason?
> 
> 
> 1.37         (bcollins 06-Apr-00): 
> 1.21         (aph      21-Dec-99):   setenv("LANG", _("C"), 1);
> 1.56         (joey     27-Aug-00): 
Hmm..  The log message refers to me, but I do not really remember if I tell
anything about that.  The only reason I could see, is to make sure that the
LANG variable has the proper value in case of a localized installation.  By
that time you would create a separate installation set for every language.

--
Misha