diff --git a/docs/user/locale/localeintro.dox b/docs/user/locale/localeintro.dox index db88b84dd1..365b357b86 100644 --- a/docs/user/locale/localeintro.dox +++ b/docs/user/locale/localeintro.dox @@ -6,15 +6,15 @@ translating your software. This includes not only replacing string with their translations at runtime, but also more complex tasks such as formatting numbers, dates, and times in a way that match the locale preferences of the user. -The main way to access locale data is through the be_locale_roster. This is a -global instance of the BLocaleRoster class, storing the data for localizing an -application according to the user's preferred settings. Most of the time, you -should be able to use the default BLocale object and its convenience methods to -get things formatted according to the user preferences. However, you can also -use the various formatter classes directly when you need a more advanced -formatting. For example, you may need to format a date with a fixed format in -english for including in an e-mail header, as it is the only format accepted -there. +The main way to access locale data is through BLocaleRoster::Default(). This +returns a global instance of the BLocaleRoster class, storing the data for +localizing an application according to the user's preferred settings. Most of +the time, you should be able to use the default BLocale object and its +convenience methods to get things formatted according to the user preferences. +However, you can also use the various formatter classes directly when you need +a more advanced formatting. For example, you may need to format a date with a +fixed format in english for including in an e-mail header, as it is the only +format accepted there. Note that creating a new format is a costly operation. The idea is that you create your format object once and reuse it accross your application to format