[gentoo-user] Re: export LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8

[Kai Krakow]

Chris Stankevitz <chrisstankevitz@×××××.com> schrieb:

> 3. The handbook suggests that I should add this line to
> /etc/env.d/02locale: 'LC_COLLATE="C"', but I do not know if they are
> again talking about the language "DE".  RESOLUTION: I assumed
> LC_COLLATE=C refers to english and added the line without
> modification.

C refers to "as in C code"... Or something like that. What's essential: It 
tells the system to use the strings like they are recorded in the program 
file, without translating. In most cases that's English.

HTH
Kai