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Update documentation on may/can/might:

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Standard English uses "may", "can", and "might" in different ways:

        may - permission, "You may borrow my rake."

        can - ability, "I can lift that log."

        might - possibility, "It might rain today."

Unfortunately, in conversational English, their use is often mixed, as
in, "You may use this variable to do X", when in fact, "can" is a better
choice.  Similarly, "It may crash" is better stated, "It might crash".

Also update two error messages mentioned in the documenation to match.
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Bruce Momjian
2007-01-31 20:56:20 +00:00
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/charset.sgml,v 2.80 2007/01/09 22:22:55 momjian Exp $ -->
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/charset.sgml,v 2.81 2007/01/31 20:56:16 momjian Exp $ -->
<chapter id="charset">
<title>Localization</>
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environment variables seen by the server, not by the environment
of any client. Therefore, be careful to configure the correct locale settings
before starting the server. A consequence of this is that if
client and server are set up in different locales, messages may
client and server are set up in different locales, messages might
appear in different languages depending on where they originated.
</para>
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If locale support doesn't work in spite of the explanation above,
check that the locale support in your operating system is
correctly configured. To check what locales are installed on your
system, you may use the command <literal>locale -a</literal> if
system, you can use the command <literal>locale -a</literal> if
your operating system provides it.
</para>