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Re: Please do not use en_US.UTF-8 outside the US

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From: Lars Engebretsen <enge@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 01 May 2002 14:27:27 +0200
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Yann Dirson <ydirson@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> The problem here is satisfying users, not programs. Papersize is a
> setting that is specific to available printers, not to any locale
> one may use.

What should the default paper size be in an application that
creates PDF documents?

Or, for another example: What if one has both a letter tray and an A4
tray in the available printer?

        /Lars

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