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 Here is a patch for the [[plugins/meta]] plugin. It adds the possibility to define the language 
-used for a page, with
-    [[meta lang="ja"]]
+used for a page, with \[[meta lang="ja"]]
 
 It doesn't insert the langage information in the xhtml meta elements, but defines a LANG
 variable to use in the templates, for example with
@@ -24,10 +23,14 @@ This may be useful for sites with a few pages in different languages, but no ful
 >>> Yes, that seems reasonable. I guess there's no problem with defaulting
 >>> to en if it can be overridden in the setup. --[[Joey]]
 
->>>> Yes, english default makes sense. But maybe this option should also be used to define the 
->>>> language used for the messages, ie override the locale?
->>>> Or just --html-lang=XX, only used by the templates? 
->>>> — NicolasLimare
+>>>> Yes, english default makes sense. I guess we should use the `$config{lang}`, 
+>>>> defined from the setup file or command-line options to define the default language
+>>>> (`$config{lang}` defaults to `en` which is fine) if the html pages, and override
+>>>> it from the `meta` directive.
+>>>> — [[NicolasLimare]]
+
+>>>>> ikiwiki already has a $config{locale}, which is a full locale (ie,
+>>>>> "en_US.UTF-8". This just needs to be parsed for the lang. --[[Joey]]
 
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