The Open Group (formerly X/Open) uses underscore between
language and country code.  I couldn't find any ISO
standard that defines the whole locale string, just
separate standards for language codes and country codes.

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        From: David Cramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
        Subject: RE: DOCBOOK-APPS: Re: toc frame in slides
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        I've seen it with another underscore, e.g. fr_FR_EURO=20
        See: http://oss.software.ibm.com/icu/userguide/locale.html=20
        
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        / Jirka Kosek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say:
        | Norman Walsh wrote:
        |=20
        | > Yes, I think I'm going to switch to a localization scheme that
        supports
        | >=20
        | >    <language>_<locale>;<variation>
        | >=20
        | > So you'll be able to specify
        | >=20
        | >   en
        | >   en_US
        | >   en_US;htmlhelp
        | >   en_US;slides
        
        So, does anyone know what the "official" separator is for a locale
        "variation"?
        
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