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< 	/* We must set LC_NUMERIC to default, or otherwise */
< 	/* we'll end with localised SVG files :-( */
< 
< 	setlocale (LC_NUMERIC, "C");
< 
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> 
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> 	// temporarily switch gettext encoding to locale, so that help messages can be output properly
> 	const gchar *charset;
> 	g_get_charset(&charset);
> 	bind_textdomain_codeset (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, charset);
> 
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> 
> 	// now switch gettext back to UTF-8 (for GUI)
> 	bind_textdomain_codeset (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
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> 
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< 	/* We must set LC_NUMERIC to default, or otherwise */
< 	/* we'll end with localised SVG files :-( */
< 
< 	setlocale (LC_NUMERIC, "C");
< 
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< 	ctx = poptGetContext (NULL, argc, argv, options, 0);
< 	g_return_val_if_fail (ctx != NULL, 1);
< 	fl = sp_process_args (ctx);
< 	poptFreeContext (ctx);
---
> 	// temporarily switch gettext encoding to locale, so that help messages can be output properly
> 	const gchar *charset;
> 	g_get_charset(&charset);
> 	bind_textdomain_codeset (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, charset);
> 
>        ctx = poptGetContext (NULL, argc, argv, options, 0);
>        g_return_val_if_fail (ctx != NULL, 1);
>        fl = sp_process_args (ctx);
>        poptFreeContext (ctx);
> 
> 	// now switch gettext back to UTF-8 (for GUI)
> 	bind_textdomain_codeset (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");