Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] gtk: use setlocale() for LC_MESSAGES only

[Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>]

>  void early_gtk_display_init(int opengl)
>  {
> +    /* The QEMU code relies on the assumption that it's always run in
> +     * the C locale. Therefore it is not prepared to deal with
> +     * operations that produce different results depending on the
> +     * locale, such as printf's formatting of decimal numbers, and
> +     * possibly others.
> +     *
> +     * Since GTK+ calls setlocale() by default -importing the locale
> +     * settings from the environment- we must prevent it from doing so
> +     * using gtk_disable_setlocale().
> +     *
> +     * QEMU's GTK+ UI, however, _does_ have translations for some of
> +     * the menu items. As a trade-off between a functionally correct
> +     * QEMU and a fully internationalized UI we support importing
> +     * LC_MESSAGES from the environment (see the setlocale() call
> +     * earlier in this file). This allows us to display translated
> +     * messages leaving everything else untouched.
> +     */
> +    gtk_disable_setlocale();

Thanks.  Replacing my version with this one.

cheers,
  Gerd