Re: Grammar for ls -l output

On 08/01/2026 22:03, Fredrik Öhrström wrote:
> And of course, the french locale has a suffix . (period) at the end of 
> the month, so
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 fredrik fredrik 392 janv.  8 21:33 ls.ixml
> and the japanese locale looks like this:
> 合計 12
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 fredrik fredrik 126 12月 29  2024 calculator.ixml
> 
> Hmm, is a library with useful locale specific ixml grammar rules even 
> possible?

In practice, probably not. However, using this example in training or 
education means people from a potentially very wide range of locales may 
want to try it themselves.

I have added this example (thank you Steven and Fredrik) to the XML FAQ 
at https://xml.silmaril.ie/whatisixml.html#filelist and noted that a 
different set of values would be required for other languages.

I suspect that someone, somewhere, has hacked together a locale for the 
French Revolutionary calendar or Discordian calendar...

Peter

Received on Friday, 16 January 2026 21:18:43 UTC