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locale: Replace <quote> with <literal> for locale specifiers

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Prevent ambigious quoted punctuations.
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Xi Ruoyao 2024-01-28 18:36:16 +08:00
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<screen role="nodump"><userinput>locale -a</userinput></screen> <screen role="nodump"><userinput>locale -a</userinput></screen>
<para>Charmaps can have a number of aliases, e.g., <quote>ISO-8859-1</quote> <para>Charmaps can have a number of aliases, e.g.,
is also referred to as <quote>iso8859-1</quote> and <quote>iso88591.</quote> <literal>ISO-8859-1</literal> is also referred to as
<literal>iso8859-1</literal> and <literal>iso88591</literal>.
Some applications cannot handle the various synonyms correctly (e.g., require Some applications cannot handle the various synonyms correctly (e.g., require
that <quote>UTF-8</quote> is written as <literal>UTF-8,</literal> not that <literal>UTF-8</literal> is written as <literal>UTF-8</literal>, not
<literal>utf8</literal>), so it is the safest in most <literal>utf8</literal>), so it is the safest in most
cases to choose the canonical name for a particular locale. To determine cases to choose the canonical name for a particular locale. To determine
the canonical name, run the following command, where <replaceable>&lt;locale the canonical name, run the following command, where <replaceable>&lt;locale
name&gt;</replaceable> is the output given by <command>locale -a</command> for name&gt;</replaceable> is the output given by <command>locale -a</command> for
your preferred locale (<quote>en_GB.iso88591</quote> in our example).</para> your preferred locale (<literal>en_GB.iso88591</literal> in our
example).</para>
<screen role="nodump"><userinput>LC_ALL=<replaceable>&lt;locale name&gt;</replaceable> locale charmap</userinput></screen> <screen role="nodump"><userinput>LC_ALL=<replaceable>&lt;locale name&gt;</replaceable> locale charmap</userinput></screen>
<para>For the <quote>en_GB.iso88591</quote> locale, the above command <para>For the <literal>en_GB.iso88591</literal> locale, the above command
will print:</para> will print:</para>
<screen><computeroutput>ISO-8859-1</computeroutput></screen> <screen><computeroutput>ISO-8859-1</computeroutput></screen>
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doesn't work in the chroot environment. It can only doesn't work in the chroot environment. It can only
be used after the LFS system is booted with systemd.</para></note> be used after the LFS system is booted with systemd.</para></note>
<para>The <quote>C</quote> (default) and <quote>en_US</quote> (the recommended <para>The <literal>C</literal> (default) and <literal>en_US</literal>
one for United States English users) locales are different. <quote>C</quote> (the recommended one for United States English users) locales are
different. <literal>C</literal>
uses the US-ASCII 7-bit character set, and treats bytes with the high bit set uses the US-ASCII 7-bit character set, and treats bytes with the high bit set
as invalid characters. That's why, e.g., the <command>ls</command> command as invalid characters. That's why, e.g., the <command>ls</command> command
substitutes them with question marks in that locale. Also, an attempt to send substitutes them with question marks in that locale. Also, an attempt to send
mail with such characters from Mutt or Pine results in non-RFC-conforming mail with such characters from Mutt or Pine results in non-RFC-conforming
messages being sent (the charset in the outgoing mail is indicated as <quote>unknown messages being sent (the charset in the outgoing mail is indicated as
8-bit</quote>). It's suggested that you use the <quote>C</quote> locale only <computeroutput>unknown 8-bit</computeroutput>). It's suggested that you
use the <literal>C</literal> locale only
if you are certain that you will never need 8-bit characters.</para> if you are certain that you will never need 8-bit characters.</para>
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