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Chris Stankevitz wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> Section 8c of the handbook tells me: |
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> You now have the possibility to set the system-wide locale settings in |
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> the /etc/env.d/02locale file: |
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> Code Listing 3.8: Setting the default system locale in /etc/env.d/02locale |
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> LANG="de_DE.UTF-8" |
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> LC_COLLATE="C" |
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> Q1: Do I have the possibility to set the system-wide locale settings? |
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> A1: YES [I knew the answer to this one!] |
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> Q2: Should I? |
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> A2: ? |
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> Q3: If yes, what should I set them to? [The example sets them to a |
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> magical value that seems to be related to code listing 3.6, but it is |
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> not exactly the same. I am in the united states and I speak english |
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> if that helps answer this one.] |
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> A3: ? |
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> Thank you! |
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> Chris |
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> PS: In case it is not clear already I have no idea what a locale is |
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> and have no preference or what it is so long as gentoo and all my apps |
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> are happy. |
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I think my settings would work for you. This is what is in my file: |
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LANG="en_US.UTF8" |
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LC_ALL="en_US.UTF8" |
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It works fine for me. Everything is in English as in American not the |
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others. lol |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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P. S. Welcome to Gentoo and the world of constantly learning. Just |
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when you learn something, something changes and you get to learn it all |
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over again. :/ |
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I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words! |