Make chr() for values >127 to create utf8 when under utf8.

[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / pod / perllocale.pod

diff --git a/pod/perllocale.pod b/pod/perllocale.pod
index ea56e1e..a257e38 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perllocale.pod
+++ b/pod/perllocale.pod
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ than the PERL_BADLANG approach, but setting LC_ALL (or
 other locale variables) may affect other programs as well, not just
 Perl.  In particular, external programs run from within Perl will see
 these changes.  If you make the new settings permanent (read on), all
-programs you run see the changes.  See L<ENVIRONMENT> for for
+programs you run see the changes.  See L<ENVIRONMENT> for
 the full list of relevant environment variables and L<USING LOCALES>
 for their effects in Perl.  Effects in other programs are 
 easily deducible.  For example, the variable LC_COLLATE may well affect
@@ -332,9 +332,9 @@ Second, if using the listed commands you see something B<exactly>
 (prefix matches do not count and case usually counts) like "En_US"
 without the quotes, then you should be okay because you are using a
 locale name that should be installed and available in your system.
-In this case, see L<Permanently fixing system locale configuration>.
+In this case, see L<Permanently fixing your system's locale configuration>.
 
-=head2 Permanently fixing your locale configuration
+=head2 Permanently fixing your system's locale configuration
 
 This is when you see something like:
 
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ if you "use locale".
        a A b B c C d D e E
        a b c d e A B C D E
 
-Here is a code snippet to tell what alphanumeric
+Here is a code snippet to tell what "word"
 characters are in the current locale, in that locale's order:
 
         use locale;
@@ -518,8 +518,9 @@ results, and so always obey the current C<LC_COLLATE> locale.
 In the scope of S<C<use locale>>, Perl obeys the C<LC_CTYPE> locale
 setting.  This controls the application's notion of which characters are
 alphabetic.  This affects Perl's C<\w> regular expression metanotation,
-which stands for alphanumeric characters--that is, alphabetic and
-numeric characters.  (Consult L<perlre> for more information about
+which stands for alphanumeric characters--that is, alphabetic,
+numeric, and including other special characters such as the underscore or
+hyphen.  (Consult L<perlre> for more information about
 regular expressions.)  Thanks to C<LC_CTYPE>, depending on your locale
 setting, characters like 'E<aelig>', 'E<eth>', 'E<szlig>', and
 'E<oslash>' may be understood as C<\w> characters.
@@ -953,37 +954,12 @@ operating system upgrade.
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
-L<POSIX (3)/isalnum>
-
-L<POSIX (3)/isalpha>
-
-L<POSIX (3)/isdigit>
-
-L<POSIX (3)/isgraph>
-
-L<POSIX (3)/islower>
-
-L<POSIX (3)/isprint>,
-
-L<POSIX (3)/ispunct>
-
-L<POSIX (3)/isspace>
-
-L<POSIX (3)/isupper>,
-
-L<POSIX (3)/isxdigit>
-
-L<POSIX (3)/localeconv>
-
-L<POSIX (3)/setlocale>,
-
-L<POSIX (3)/strcoll>
-
-L<POSIX (3)/strftime>
-
-L<POSIX (3)/strtod>,
-
-L<POSIX (3)/strxfrm>
+L<POSIX (3)/isalnum>, L<POSIX (3)/isalpha>, L<POSIX (3)/isdigit>, 
+L<POSIX (3)/isgraph>, L<POSIX (3)/islower>, L<POSIX (3)/isprint>, 
+L<POSIX (3)/ispunct>, L<POSIX (3)/isspace>, L<POSIX (3)/isupper>, 
+L<POSIX (3)/isxdigit>, L<POSIX (3)/localeconv>, L<POSIX (3)/setlocale>, 
+L<POSIX (3)/strcoll>, L<POSIX (3)/strftime>, L<POSIX (3)/strtod>, 
+L<POSIX (3)/strxfrm>.
 
 =head1 HISTORY