<para>The basic file format of <filename>locale.conf</filename> is
a newline-separated list of environment-like shell-compatible
- variable assignments. It is possible to source the configuration
+ variable assignments, ignoring comments and empty lines.
+ It is possible to source the configuration
from shell scripts, however, beyond mere variable assignments, no
shell features are supported, allowing applications to read the
file without implementing a shell compatible execution
<para><filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename>:</para>
- <programlisting>LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
+ <programlisting># Custom settings
+
+LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8</programlisting>
</example>