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diff --git a/static/freebsd/man3/newlocale.3 b/static/freebsd/man3/newlocale.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8dbe52e1 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/freebsd/man3/newlocale.3 @@ -0,0 +1,122 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2011 The FreeBSD Foundation +.\" +.\" This documentation was written by David Chisnall under sponsorship from +.\" the FreeBSD Foundation. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.Dd October 2, 2020 +.Dt NEWLOCALE 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm newlocale +.Nd Creates a new locale +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libc +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In locale.h +.Ft locale_t +.Fn newlocale "int mask" "const char * locale" "locale_t base" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +Creates a new locale, inheriting some properties from an existing locale. +The +.Fa mask +defines the components that the new locale will have set to the locale with the +name specified in the +.Fa locale +parameter. +Any components not specified in +.Fa mask +will be inherited from the locale referenced by +.Fa base , +if +.Fa base +is not +.Dv NULL . +If the call is successful, the state of the locale referenced by +.Fa base +is unspecified, and it must not be accessed. +The special locale +.Dv LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE +may not be specified for +.Fa base . +The +.Fa mask +is either +.Fa LC_ALL_MASK , +indicating all possible locale components, +or the logical OR of some combination of the following: +.Bl -tag -width "LC_MESSAGES_MASK" -offset indent +.It LC_COLLATE_MASK +The locale for string collation routines. +This controls alphabetic ordering in +.Xr strcoll 3 +and +.Xr strxfrm 3 . +.It LC_CTYPE_MASK +The locale for the +.Xr ctype 3 +and +.Xr multibyte 3 +functions. +This controls recognition of upper and lower case, alphabetic or +non-alphabetic characters, and so on. +.It LC_MESSAGES_MASK +Set a locale for message catalogs, see +.Xr catopen 3 +function. +.It LC_MONETARY_MASK +Set a locale for formatting monetary values; this affects +the +.Xr localeconv 3 +function. +.It LC_NUMERIC_MASK +Set a locale for formatting numbers. +This controls the formatting of decimal points in input and output of floating +point numbers in functions such as +.Xr printf 3 +and +.Xr scanf 3 , +as well as values returned by +.Xr localeconv 3 . +.It LC_TIME_MASK +Set a locale for formatting dates and times using the +.Xr strftime 3 +function. +.El +This function uses the same rules for loading locale components as +.Xr setlocale 3 . +.Sh RETURN VALUES +Returns a new, valid, +.Fa locale_t +or NULL if an error occurs. +You must free the returned locale with +.Xr freelocale 3 . +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr duplocale 3 , +.Xr freelocale 3 , +.Xr localeconv 3 , +.Xr querylocale 3 , +.Xr uselocale 3 , +.Xr xlocale 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +This function conforms to +.St -p1003.1-2008 . |
