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author | 2007-08-06 11:45:49 +0000 | |
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committer | 2007-08-06 11:45:49 +0000 | |
commit | af94efd874554891367e99f8dbdd6a502bc86492 (patch) | |
tree | 2ee717190e60024c6275dc30a0f61d174accce55 | |
parent | add a --generate <locale> option for quick one-shot testing (diff) | |
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throw out the old manpage and write a new one that doesnt suck from scratch
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diff --git a/locale-gen.8 b/locale-gen.8 index 2f9c862..7605c58 100644 --- a/locale-gen.8 +++ b/locale-gen.8 @@ -1,103 +1,68 @@ -.\" This -*- nroff -*- file has been generated from -.\" DocBook SGML with docbook-to-man on Debian GNU/Linux. -...\" -...\" transcript compatibility for postscript use. -...\" -...\" synopsis: .P! <file.ps> -...\" -.de P! -\\&. -.fl \" force out current output buffer -\\!%PB -\\!/showpage{}def -...\" the following is from Ken Flowers -- it prevents dictionary overflows -\\!/tempdict 200 dict def tempdict begin -.fl \" prolog -.sy cat \\$1\" bring in postscript file -...\" the following line matches the tempdict above -\\!end % tempdict % -\\!PE -\\!. -.sp \\$2u \" move below the image -.. -.de pF -.ie \\*(f1 .ds f1 \\n(.f -.el .ie \\*(f2 .ds f2 \\n(.f -.el .ie \\*(f3 .ds f3 \\n(.f -.el .ie \\*(f4 .ds f4 \\n(.f -.el .tm ? font overflow -.ft \\$1 -.. -.de fP -.ie !\\*(f4 \{\ -. ft \\*(f4 -. ds f4\" -' br \} -.el .ie !\\*(f3 \{\ -. ft \\*(f3 -. ds f3\" -' br \} -.el .ie !\\*(f2 \{\ -. ft \\*(f2 -. ds f2\" -' br \} -.el .ie !\\*(f1 \{\ -. ft \\*(f1 -. ds f1\" -' br \} -.el .tm ? font underflow -.. -.ds f1\" -.ds f2\" -.ds f3\" -.ds f4\" -'\" t -.ta 8n 16n 24n 32n 40n 48n 56n 64n 72n -.TH "LOCALE-GEN" "8" -.SH "NAME" -locale-gen \(em generates localisation files from templates -.SH "SYNOPSIS" -.PP -\fBlocale-gen\fP -.SH "DESCRIPTION" -.PP -This manual page documents briefly the -\fBlocale-gen\fP command. -.PP -By default, the locale package which provides the base support for -localisation of libc-based programs does not contain usable localisation -files for every supported language. This limitation has became necessary -because of the substantial size of such files and the large number of -languages supported by libc. As a result, Debian uses a special -mechanism where we prepare the actual localisation files on the target -host and distribute only the templates for them. -.PP -\fBlocale-gen\fP is a program that reads the file -\fB/etc/locale.gen\fP and invokes -\fBlocaledef\fP for the chosen localisation profiles. -Run \fBlocale-gen\fP after you have modified the \fB/etc/locale.gen\fP file. - - -.SH "FILES" -.PP -\fB/etc/locale.gen\fP -.PP -The main configuration file, which has a simple format: every -line that is not empty and does not begin with a # is treated as a -locale definition that is to be built. - -.SH "SEE ALSO" -.PP -.BR localedef (1), +.TH "locale-gen" "8" "Aug 2007" "Gentoo" +.SH "NAME" +locale\-gen \- generate locales on the fly +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +The locale\-gen utility is used to manage locales on your system. Often times +it merely generates a user configurable list of locales, but it can be used to +generate a few locales on the fly as needed. + +Normally all locales would be generated at build time, but this leads to waste +of disk and time as many users really just want a handful on their system. +.SH "OPTIONS" +.TP +\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-ask\fR +Ask before generating each locale +.TP +\fB\-A\fR, \fB\-\-all\fR +Generate all possible locales +.TP +\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-config\fR \fI<config>\fR +Use specified \fIconfig\fR file rather than default /etc/locale.gen +.TP +\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-destdir\fR \fI<dir>\fR +Look for locale definitions and store generated locale data in the specified +\fIdirectory\fR +.TP +\fB\-G\fR, \fB\-\-generate\fR \fI<locale>\fR +Only generate the specified \fIlocale\fR (implies \-\-keep) +.TP +\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR +Show the help output (imagine that) +.TP +\fB\-j\fR, \fB\-\-jobs\fR \fI<num>\fR +Generate the specified \fInumber\fR of locales in parallel +.TP +\fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-keep\fR +Keep all existing locales even if they are not in the config file +.TP +\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-list\fR +List all the locales that we think should exist according to the config +.TP +\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR +Only spit out errors +.TP +\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-update\fR +Only generate locales that do not already exist (normally existing locales are regenerated) +.TP +\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR +Report the program version +.TP +\fB\-\-\fR +To pass custom options directly to the \fBlocaledef\fR utility, end the +\fBlocale\-gen\fR option list with \-\- and then everything after that will be +passed on through unmolested (the options \-c \-\-no\-archive are passed by +default) +.SH "AUTHORS" +.fi +Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> +.nf +.SH "REPORTING BUGS" +Please report bugs via http://bugs.gentoo.org/ +.SH "FILES" +\fB/etc/locale.gen\fR \- locale list +.SH "SEE ALSO" .BR locale (1), -.BR locale.gen (5). -.SH "AUTHOR" -.PP -This manual page was written by Eduard Bloch <blade@debian.org> for -the \fBDebian GNU/Linux\fP system (but may be used by others). Permission is -granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under -the terms of the GNU Free Documentation -License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free -Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover -Texts and no Back-Cover Texts. -...\" created by instant / docbook-to-man, Sat 02 Mar 2002, 16:43 +.BR localedef (1), +.BR locale (5), +.BR locale.gen (5), +.BR locale (7) |