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locale.7: Document LC_MEASUREMENT
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.\" Copyright (c) 1993 by Thomas Koenig (ig25@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de)
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.\" and Copyright (C) 2014 Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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.\"
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.\" %%%LICENSE_START(VERBATIM)
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.\" Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
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if the category is set to a valid locale other than
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.BR """C""" .
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.TP
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.BR LC_MEASUREMENT " (GNU extension, since glibc 2.2)"
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Change the settings relating to the measurement system in the locale
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(i.e., metric versus US customary units).
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Applications can use
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.BR nl_langinfo (3)
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to retrieve the nonstandard
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.B _NL_MEASUREMENT_MEASUREMENT
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element, which returns a pointer to a character
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that has the value 1 (metric) or 2 (US customary units).
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.TP
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.BR LC_NAME " (GNU extension, since glibc 2.2)"
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Change settings that describe the formats used to address persons.
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Applications that need this information can use
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.TP
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.B LC_ALL
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All of the above.
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.\" FIXME glibc 2.2 added new nonstandard locale categories:
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.\" LC_IDENTIFICATION, LC_MEASUREMENT, LC_NAME.
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.\" These need to be documented.
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.PP
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If the second argument to
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.BR setlocale (3)
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