LANG, locale, unicode, setup.py and Debian packaging

[Donn]

> You get the full locale name with locale.setlocale(category) (i.e.
> without the second argument)
Ah. Can one call it after the full call has been done:
locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL,'')
locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL)
Without any issues?

> > I need that two-letter code that's hidden in a
> > typical locale like en_ZA.utf8 -- I want that 'en' part.
Okay, I need it because I have a tree of dirs: en, it, fr and so on for the 
help files -- it's to help build a path to the right html file for the 
language being supported.

> Not sure why you want that. Notice that the locale name is fairly system
> specific, in particular on non-POSIX systems. It may be
> "English_SouthAfrica" on some systems.
Wow, another thing I had no idea about. So far all I've seen are the 
xx_yy.utf8 shaped ones.

I will have some trouble then, with the help system.

Thanks,
\d


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