* roottypes.cs: Rename from tree.cs.

[mono.git] / mcs / class / Mono.Globalization / README

diff --git a/mcs/class/Mono.Globalization/README b/mcs/class/Mono.Globalization/README
index 18a21c93d845de090dd4a2aa91068cbb0483ab3d..44a351948e06245819eb824791fd6344429aa0c2 100644 (file)
--- a/mcs/class/Mono.Globalization/README
+++ b/mcs/class/Mono.Globalization/README
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ For all the files:
     * We need to fill in possible Calendars that can be used in this
       Culture. If alternative calendars are used in this culture, an
       element should be added to the sequence in
-      OptionalCalendars. The text inside each additional element
+      OptionalCalendars. The string inside each additional element
       should be the full name of a class in the System.Globalization
       namespace, and this class must be a decendant of the
       System.Globalization.Calendar class.
@@ -59,59 +59,112 @@ The format of DateTimeFormatInfo:
 
     Names:
 
-    11. AbbreviatedDayNames
-    12. AbbreviatedMonthNames
-    13. DayNames
-    14. MonthNames
+    11. AbbreviatedDayNames - The abbreviated names of the days of the
+                              week.
+        
+    12. AbbreviatedMonthNames - The abbreviated names of the months of
+                                the year
+    
+    13. DayNames - The names of the days of the week.
+
+    
+    14. MonthNames - The names of the months in the year.
 
     Misc:
 
-    15. AMDesignator
-    16. Calendar
-    17. CalendarWeekRule
-    18. DateSeparator
-    19. FirstDayOfWeek
-    20. PMDesignator
-    21. TimeSeparator
-   
+    15. AMDesignator - The string for representing hours before noon.
     
+    16. Calendar - The name of the default Calendar of this
+                   culture. The string must be the full name of a
+                   class in the System.Globalization namespace, and
+                   this class must be a decendant of the
+                   System.Globalization.Calendar class.
+
+    17. CalendarWeekRule - The rule that specifies the first week of
+                           the year. This string must conform to the
+                           names set out by the
+                           System.CalendarWeekRule enumeration.
+
+    18. DateSeparator - The string that is used to the seperate the
+                        year, the month and the day.
+
+    19. FirstDayOfWeek - The first day of the week. This string must
+                         conform to the names set out by the
+                         System.DayOfWeek enumeration.
+
+    20. PMDesignator - The string for representing hours after noon
+
+    21. TimeSeparator - The string that is used to seperate the hours,
+                        the minutes and the seconds.
+   
+
 The format of NumberFormatInfo:
 
     The NumberFormatInfo section consists of 25 parts:
 
     Currency related:
 
-     1. CurrencySymbol
+     1. CurrencySymbol - The symbol used as the current symbol in this
+                         culture.
+
      2. CurrencyPositivePattern
      3. CurrencyNegativePattern
      4. CurrencyGroupSizes
      5. CurrencyGroupSeparator
      6. CurrencyDecimalSeparator
-     7. CurrencyDecimalDigits
+
+     7. CurrencyDecimalDigits - The number of decimal places used in
+                                this currency.
      
-    Percent related:
+    Percentage related:
      
-     8. PercentSymbol
+     8. PercentSymbol - The symbol used as the percentage symbol in
+                        this culture.
+
      9. PercentPositivePattern
     10. PercentNegativePattern
     11. PercentGroupSizes
-    12. PercentGroupSeparator
-    13. PercentDecimalSeparator
-    14. PercentDecimalDigits
+
+    12. PercentGroupSeparator - The string that seperates groups of
+                                digits to the left of the decimal
+                                point.The string
+    
+    
+    13. PercentDecimalSeparator - The decimal indicator for percentages.
+    
+    14. PercentDecimalDigits - The number of decimal places to display
+                               in percentages.
 
     Number related:
 
     15. NumberNegativePattern
     16. NumberGroupSizes
-    17. NumberGroupSeparator
-    18. NumberDecimalSeparator
-    19. NumberDecimalDigits
+
+    17. NumberGroupSeparator - The string that separates groups of
+                               digits to the left of the decimal
+                               point.
+
+    18. NumberDecimalSeparator - The decimal indicator for numbers.
+
+
+    19. NumberDecimalDigits - The number of decimal places to display
+                              in numbers.
 
     Misc.
 
-    20. PositiveSign
-    21. NegativeSign
-    22. PositiveInfinitySymbol
-    23. NegativeInfinitySymbol
-    24. Permillesymbol
-    25. NaNSymbol
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+    20. PositiveSign - The symbol used to indicate a number as
+                       negative.
+
+    21. NegativeSign - The symbol used to indicate a number as
+                       positive.
+        
+    22. PositiveInfinitySymbol - The symbol used to represent positive
+                                 infinity.
+        
+    23. NegativeInfinitySymbol - The symbol used to represent negative
+                                 infinity.
+
+    24. Permillesymbol - The string to represent the 'per mille' symbol.
+
+
+    25. NaNSymbol - The string to represent the IEEE not-a-number value.
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