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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2016-02-10 18:35:26 -0800
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2016-02-10 18:36:05 -0800
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Document OS X LANG default
* doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi (General Variables): Document OS X Language and Region system preference. Suggested by Alan Third.
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@@ -550,10 +550,11 @@ variables is not set, the category defaults to the value of the
@env{LANG} is not set. But if @env{LC_ALL} is specified, it overrides
the settings of all the other locale environment variables.
-On MS-Windows, if @env{LANG} is not already set in the environment
-when Emacs starts, Emacs sets it based on the system-wide default
-language, which you can set in the @samp{Regional Settings} Control Panel
-on some versions of MS-Windows.
+On MS-Windows and OS X, if @env{LANG} is not already set in the
+environment, Emacs sets it based on the system-wide default. You can
+set this in the ``Regional Settings'' Control Panel on some versions
+of MS-Windows, and in the ``Language and Region'' System Preference on
+OS X.
The value of the @env{LC_CTYPE} category is
matched against entries in @code{locale-language-names},