On 12/5/2011, at 12:31am, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Wednesday 11 May 2011 22:14:55 Mike Edenfield wrote: > >> The only problem with LC_ALL is that it overrides all of the other LC_* >> variables. > > - which is precisely what most ordinary desktop users want.
No, I think they want all locale variables to be right. That may be achieved by setting LC_ALL, but you are advised, I believe, to set only LANG. You haven't justified why LC_ALL is better. > ... Personally, I have no intention of ever allowing US > "English" to pollute any of my boxes (no offence meant to anyone here), so > LC_ALL="en_GB.UTF-8" suits me (so far - until I trip over something!). Could you possibly post the output of `date +"%l:%M%P"`? In doing so you'd be doing me a favour. Stroller.
