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@item
@item @nisamp{.IL} @tab
@cindex @code{.IL}
@cindex International Order Book
@cindex IOB
@tab London Stock Exchange International Order Book (IOB) @*
@uref{http://www.londonstockexchange.com/iob}

@end multitable
@end quotation



@c ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@node Internationalization, Emacs, Data Sources, Top
@chapter Internationalization
@cindex Internationalization
@cindex Localization
@cindex Preferences, locale

Chart is written in English, but has support for various localizations,
selected by the usual system mechanisms.

@table @asis
@item Numbers
@cindex Decimal point
@cindex Thousands character
Numbers are shown with the locale decimal point and thousands separator.  You
can also customize these in your @file{init.pl}.

@item Dates
@cindex Date format
Dates are shown in the locale format, or the usual C language default is
@samp{mm/dd/yy}.  You can also customize this in your @file{init.pl} to set a
personal preference, like the month as a name instead of a number.

@item Messages
@cindex Message translations
@cindex Translations, messages
Message strings are translated into the selected language, when a translation
is available.  Gtk has a good set of translations for the standard menus and
dialogs, but for Chart specifics there's almost nothing yet.
@c
@c @item
@c @cindex Gettext
@c Gettext (@CHARTpxreftop{gettext, GNU @command{gettext} utilities}). @*
@c @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/}

@item Stock and commodity names
@cindex Stock name translations
@cindex Commodity name translations
@cindex Name translations
@cindex Weblink
Names are downloaded in the selected or highest preference language, when
there's a choice.  Weblinks to company information or the exchange home page
likewise.

@item Annotations
@cindex Annotation locale
@cindex UTF-8
Annotation notes (@pxref{Annotations}) can be entered with unicode characters.

@c , Dividends
@c and dividends (@pxref{Dividends}) ...
@end table

@c @ifinfo
@c @sp 1
@c @end ifinfo
@section Locale Selection
@cindex Locale selection

@cindex Language
@cindex @env{LANG}
On a typical Unix/POSIX-style system the locale is selected with the
@env{LANG} environment variable, set to a language code and optional territory
and charset.  For example US English,

@example
LANG=en_US
export LANG
@end example

This is often set by the system administrator, but you can do it yourself in
your @file{~/.profile} (@pxref{Bash Startup Files,,, bashref, Bash Features}).

@cindex Language codes
@cindex Country codes
Language and country codes can be found in @ref{Language Codes,,, gettext, GNU
@command{gettext} utilities}, and @ref{Country Codes,,, gettext, GNU
@command{gettext} utilities}.  Usually there's only a few combinations
available on a system, run @samp{locale -a} to see them.

@cindex @env{LANGUAGE}
Additionally, on a GNU system the @env{LANGUAGE} environment variable gives a
list of language preferences for message translations (@pxref{Using
gettextized software,, User influence on @code{gettext}, libc, GNU C Library
Reference Manual}).  For example to have Italian preferred, otherwise Spanish,
otherwise English,

@example
LANGUAGE=it_IT:es:en
export LANGUAGE
@end example

Chart looks at @env{LANGUAGE} too (on all systems) for the preferred language
for stock and commodity names.


@c ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@node Emacs, Concept Index, Internationalization, Top
@chapter Emacs
@cindex Emacs

@uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/}

@cindex @file{chartprog.el}
@cindex XEmacs
@file{chartprog.el} shows the Chart watchlist and gets quotes within Emacs
(@CHARTpxreftop{emacs, The Emacs Editor}).  It's designed for Emacs 21 and
higher, and also works with XEmacs 21 if you have the UTF-8 coding system (see