locale.5: Minor tweaks to 's patch

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2014-05-26 08:13:50 +02:00
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@ -609,7 +609,8 @@ when formatting monetary quantities.
.TP .TP
.I mon_grouping .I mon_grouping
followed by a sequence of integers separated by semicolons that followed by a sequence of integers separated by semicolons that
describe the formatting of monetary quantities. See describe the formatting of monetary quantities.
See
.I grouping .I grouping
below for details. below for details.
.TP .TP
@ -879,17 +880,15 @@ when formatting numeric quantities.
.I grouping .I grouping
followed by a sequence of integers separated by semicolons that followed by a sequence of integers separated by semicolons that
describe the formatting of numeric quantities. describe the formatting of numeric quantities.
.RS .IP
.PP Each integer specifies the number of digits in a group.
Each integer specifies the number of digits in a group. The first The first integer defines the size of the group immediately
integer defines the size of the group immediately to the left of the to the left of the decimal delimiter.
decimal delimiter. Subsequent integers define succeeding groups to the Subsequent integers define succeeding groups to the
left of the previous group. If the last integer is not -1, then the size left of the previous group.
of the previous group (if any) is repeatedly used for the remainder of If the last integer is not \-1, then the size of the previous group
the digits. If the last integer is -1, then no further grouping is (if any) is repeatedly used for the remainder of the digits.
performed. If the last integer is \-1, then no further grouping is performed.
.RE
.PP .PP
The The
.B LC_NUMERIC .B LC_NUMERIC