[gentoo-user] Re: LC_ locale settings for UK / GB.

[ABCD]

Stroller wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I want to try burning a DVD using k3b and when it starts up it
> complains:
>
>     System locale charset is ANSI_X3.4-1968
>     Your system's locale charset (i.e. the charset used to encode
>     filenames) is set to ANSI_X3.4-1968. It is highly unlikely that this
>     has been done intentionally. Most likely the locale is not set at
> all.
>     An invalid setting will result in problems when creating data
>     projects.
>     Solution: To properly set the locale charset make sure the LC_*
>     environment variables are set. Normally the distribution setup tools
>     take care of this.
>
>
> Googling "LC_* environment variables" turns up this doc:
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/guide-localization.xml#doc_chap3
>
> I assume this document is correct & up to date?
> (and is not superseded by the LINGUAS="en_GB en" that I have in
> make.conf)
>
> This doc refers to a /etc/env.d/02locale file - I assume I have to
> create that by hand? The file does not exist at present. I guess this
> is the kind of thing I'd kinda expect you to create by symlinking to /
> usr/share/linguas/England or something.
>
> Finally, does anyone have the correct LANG and LC_COLLATE settings for
> the United Kingdom, please? I assume that again something starting
> "en_GB" is used.
>
> Do I need to set ALL LC_* variables (the guide lists 9 of them) or
> just those 2?
>
> This server is headless, so I'm using X11 over ssh - kcontrol's left-
> hand pane is blank.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help,
>
> Stroller.

Because I'm seeing some strange things in this thread, let me elucidate
as to what the various LANG/LC_* variables do:

LANG
    sets the default for LC_*, if unset, defaults to "C"

LC_CTYPE [charset]
LC_NUMERIC [number format]
LC_TIME [time format]
LC_COLLATE [sort order]
LC_MONETARY [money format]
LC_MESSAGES [message language]
LC_PAPER [paper size]
LC_NAME [given/family name format]
LC_ADDRESS [mailing address format]
LC_TELEPHONE [country code, etc.]
LC_MEASUREMENT [US customary, SI, etc.]
LC_IDENTIFICATION [???]
    Used as their names suggest, for the various things that can be
    done with locales.  Default to $LANG, if $LANG is unset, defaults
    to "C".

LC_ALL
    Override for LC_*.  If LC_ALL is set, then LC_* is ignored, and the
    value of LC_ALL is used for everything. *Do not* set this in env.d
    unless you know exactly what you are doing.  (Setting LC_ALL=C to
    disable all locale settings, for instance).

I hope this helps resolve any confusion.  If you want to see what the
current values of each of these variables is, including overrides, run 
`locale`.

-- 
ABCD