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+To: vim_dev@googlegroups.com
+Subject: Patch 7.3.1257
+Fcc: outbox
+From: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net>
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+------------
+
+Patch 7.3.1257
+Problem:    With GNU gettext() ":lang de_DE.utf8" does not always result in
+	    German messages.
+Solution:   Clear the $LANGUAGE environment variable.
+Files:	    src/ex_cmds2.c
+
+
+*** ../vim-7.3.1256/src/ex_cmds2.c	2013-06-10 21:27:18.000000000 +0200
+--- src/ex_cmds2.c	2013-06-28 20:14:53.000000000 +0200
+***************
+*** 4261,4266 ****
+--- 4261,4269 ----
+  		if (what == LC_ALL)
+  		{
+  		    vim_setenv((char_u *)"LANG", name);
++ 
++ 		    /* Clear $LANGUAGE because GNU gettext uses it. */
++ 		    vim_setenv((char_u *)"LANGUAGE", (char_u *)"");
+  # ifdef WIN32
+  		    /* Apparently MS-Windows printf() may cause a crash when
+  		     * we give it 8-bit text while it's expecting text in the
+*** ../vim-7.3.1256/src/version.c	2013-06-28 20:16:50.000000000 +0200
+--- src/version.c	2013-06-28 20:18:08.000000000 +0200
+***************
+*** 730,731 ****
+--- 730,733 ----
+  {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
++ /**/
++     1257,
+  /**/
+
+
+-- 
+    [clop clop]
+GUARD #1:  Halt!  Who goes there?
+ARTHUR:    It is I, Arthur, son of Uther Pendragon, from the castle of
+           Camelot.  King of the Britons, defeator of the Saxons, sovereign of
+           all England!
+GUARD #1:  Pull the other one!
+                                  The Quest for the Holy Grail (Monty Python)
+
+ /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@Moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net   \\\
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+\\\  an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org        ///
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