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From: Peter Ruskin <peter.ruskin@×××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] LC_ locale settings for UK / GB.
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:02:57
Message-Id: 200907110002.32848.peter.ruskin@dsl.pipex.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] LC_ locale settings for UK / GB. by Stroller
1 On Friday 10 July 2009, Stroller wrote:
2 > Googling "LC_* environment variables" turns up this doc:
3 > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/guide-localization.xml#doc_chap3
4 >
5 > I assume this document is correct & up to date?
6 > (and is not superseded by the LINGUAS="en_GB en" that I have in
7 > make.conf)
8 >
9 > This doc refers to a /etc/env.d/02locale file - I assume I have
10 > to create that by hand? The file does not exist at present. I
11 > guess this is the kind of thing I'd kinda expect you to create by
12 > symlinking to / usr/share/linguas/England or something.
13 >
14 > Finally, does anyone have the correct LANG and LC_COLLATE
15 > settings for the United Kingdom, please? I assume that again
16 > something starting "en_GB" is used.
17 >
18 > Do I need to set ALL LC_* variables (the guide lists 9 of them)
19 > or just those 2?
20 >
21 > This server is headless, so I'm using X11 over ssh - kcontrol's
22 > left- hand pane is blank.
23 >
24 > Thanks in advance for any help,
25 >
26
27 This is what my 02locale file says:
28 LANG="en_GB"
29 LC_COLLATE="POSIX"
30 LC_CTYPE="POSIX"
31 LC_ALL="en_GB"
32
33 I set LC_COLLATE and LC_CTYPE to "POSIX" some time ago to make
34 konqueror sort the way I expect.
35
36 --
37 Peter
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39 Gentoo Linux: Portage 2.2_rc33 kernel-2.6.28-gentoo-r5
40 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+ gcc(Gentoo: 4.3.2-r3
41 KDE: 3.5.9 Qt: 3.3.8b
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Replies

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[gentoo-user] Re: LC_ locale settings for UK / GB. walt <w41ter@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] LC_ locale settings for UK / GB. Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>