Library /sys$common/syshlp/helplib.hlb  —  LOCALE  SHOW
   Displays information about the locales and charmaps on the system.

   Format:

        LOCALE SHOW option

1  –  CHARACTER_DEFINITIONS

   Lists all the character set description files (charmaps) in the
   public directory defined by the logical name SYS$I18N_LOCALE.  A
   charmap defines symbolic names and values of characters in a coded
   character set.  Charmaps are used by the LOCALE COMPILE command
   when compiling a locale.  A charmap file has the file type .CMAP.

   Format:

        LOCALE SHOW CHARACTER_DEFINITIONS

2  –  CURRENT

   Displays a summary of the current international environment, as
   defined by several international environment logical names.

   Format:

        LOCALE SHOW CURRENT

3  –  PUBLIC

   Lists all public locales on the system.  The set of public locales
   contains all locales that reside in the directory defined by the
   logical name SYS$I18N_LOCALE, as well as the system's built-in
   locales supplied with the VSI C run-time library.

   Format:

        LOCALE SHOW PUBLIC

4  –  VALUE

   Displays the value of one or more keywords from the current
   international environment.

   Format:

        LOCALE SHOW VALUE  name[,...]

4.1  –  Parameter

   name[,...]

     The name of a keyword or category.  If you specify a keyword,
     the value of that keyword in the current locale is displayed.
     If you specify a category, the values of the keywords in that
     category are displayed.  For integer keywords that have no value
     assigned, the value CHAR_MAX (127) is displayed.  When a keyword
     value includes semicolons, double-quotes, backslashes, or
     control characters, they are preceded by an escape character
     (usually a backslash).

5  –  Qualifiers

5.1    /CATEGORY

     /[NO]CATEGORY
     /NOCATEGORY (D)

   Displays the category name before each keyword.  If /CATEGORY is
   omitted, the category name is not displayed.

5.2    /KEYWORD

     /[NO]KEYWORD
     /NOKEYWORD (D)

   Displays the keyword name before the value of a keyword.  If
   /KEYWORD is omitted, the value of the keyword is displayed, but
   not its name.
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