X Library Support (UNIX only)
Your X Window system needs to support the desired language. You can run the following program to find out if the appropriate X libraries are available on your system:
#include <X11/Xlib.h> #include <X11/Xlocale.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <stdio.h>
int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { char* loc = setlocale(LC_CTYPE, ""); if (loc == NULL) { fprintf(stderr, "System does not support this locale.\n"); exit(1); } if (!XSupportsLocale()) { fprintf(stderr, "X does not support locale %s.\n", loc); exit(1); } if (XSetLocaleModifiers("") == NULL) { fprintf(stderr, "Warning: cannot set locale modifiers for %s.\n", loc); } else fprintf(stderr, "Locale %s is supported by Xlib.\n", loc); exit(0); } |
For example, on an HP system where Arabic is not supported, setting LANG to ar_DZ.arabic8, gives the following output:
X does not support locale ar_DZ.arabic8.