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GetSystemCodepage function

In unit unixcp

Return the system code page based on the program environment.

Declaration

pascal
function GetSystemCodepage: TSystemCodePage

Function result

Detected code page, or system default if no system found.

Description

GetSystemCodepage returns the system code page, based on one of the environment variables LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE or LANG. The first non-empty variable (in the order mentioned here) is used.

Errors

If none is found, then a system default is used: Linux and Darwin use CP_UTF8, others use CP_ASCII.

See also

An experiment, built from development snapshots. Not the official Free Pascal or Lazarus documentation.