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| author | goodger <goodger@929543f6-e4f2-0310-98a6-ba3bd3dd1d04> | 2004-04-17 17:38:28 +0000 |
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| committer | goodger <goodger@929543f6-e4f2-0310-98a6-ba3bd3dd1d04> | 2004-04-17 17:38:28 +0000 |
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diff --git a/docs/howto/i18n.txt b/docs/howto/i18n.txt index 11a8d13bd..999fd7521 100644 --- a/docs/howto/i18n.txt +++ b/docs/howto/i18n.txt @@ -45,14 +45,18 @@ Language Module Names ===================== Language modules are named using a case-insensitive language -identifier as defined in `RFC 1766`_. A typical language identifier -consists of a 2-letter language code from `ISO 639`_ (3-letter codes -can be used if no 2-letter code exists; RFC 1766 is currently being -revised to allow 3-letter codes). The language identifier can have an -optional subtag, typically for variations based on country (from `ISO -3166`_ 2-letter country codes). If no language identifier is -specified, the default is "en" for English. Examples of module names -include ``en.py``, ``fr.py``, ``ja.py``, and ``pt-br.py``. +identifier as defined in `RFC 1766`_, converting hyphens to +underscores [#]_. A typical language identifier consists of a +2-letter language code from `ISO 639`_ (3-letter codes can be used if +no 2-letter code exists; RFC 1766 is currently being revised to allow +3-letter codes). The language identifier can have an optional subtag, +typically for variations based on country (from `ISO 3166`_ 2-letter +country codes). If no language identifier is specified, the default +is "en" for English. Examples of module names include ``en.py``, +``fr.py``, ``ja.py``, and ``pt_br.py``. + +.. [#] Subtags are separated from primary tags by underscores instead + of hyphens, to conform to Python naming rules. .. _RFC 1766: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1766.html .. _ISO 639: http://lcweb.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/englangn.html |