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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Having the possibility to set the system-wide locale settings
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 03:28:31
Message-Id: 504D5D7C.3030207@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Having the possibility to set the system-wide locale settings by Chris Stankevitz
1 Chris Stankevitz wrote:
2 > Hello,
3 >
4 > Section 8c of the handbook tells me:
5 >
6 > ===
7 >
8 > You now have the possibility to set the system-wide locale settings in
9 > the /etc/env.d/02locale file:
10 >
11 > ===
12 >
13 > Code Listing 3.8: Setting the default system locale in /etc/env.d/02locale
14 > LANG="de_DE.UTF-8"
15 > LC_COLLATE="C"
16 >
17 > ===
18 >
19 > Q1: Do I have the possibility to set the system-wide locale settings?
20 > A1: YES [I knew the answer to this one!]
21 >
22 > Q2: Should I?
23 > A2: ?
24 >
25 > Q3: If yes, what should I set them to? [The example sets them to a
26 > magical value that seems to be related to code listing 3.6, but it is
27 > not exactly the same. I am in the united states and I speak english
28 > if that helps answer this one.]
29 > A3: ?
30 >
31 > Thank you!
32 >
33 > Chris
34 >
35 > PS: In case it is not clear already I have no idea what a locale is
36 > and have no preference or what it is so long as gentoo and all my apps
37 > are happy.
38 >
39 >
40
41 I think my settings would work for you. This is what is in my file:
42
43 LANG="en_US.UTF8"
44 LC_ALL="en_US.UTF8"
45
46 It works fine for me. Everything is in English as in American not the
47 others. lol
48
49 Dale
50
51 :-) :-)
52
53 P. S. Welcome to Gentoo and the world of constantly learning. Just
54 when you learn something, something changes and you get to learn it all
55 over again. :/
56
57 --
58 I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!

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Re: [gentoo-user] Having the possibility to set the system-wide locale settings Chris Stankevitz <chrisstankevitz@×××××.com>