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-rw-r--r--pango/pango-utils.c9
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/pango/pango-utils.c b/pango/pango-utils.c
index ea480840..d0acc836 100644
--- a/pango/pango-utils.c
+++ b/pango/pango-utils.c
@@ -1051,9 +1051,12 @@ _pango_get_lc_ctype (void)
/**
* pango_language_get_default:
*
- * Returns the #PangoLanguage for the current locale of the running
- * process. Note that this can change over the life of an
- * application.
+ * Returns the #PangoLanguage for the current locale of the process.
+ * Note that this can change over the life of an application.
+ *
+ * Your application should call <literal>setlocale (LC_ALL, "");</literal>
+ * for the user settings to take effect. Gtk+ does this in its initialization
+ * functions. See <literal>man setlocale</literal> for details.
*
* Return value: the default language as a #PangoLanguage, must not be
* freed.