On 11 Jul 2009, at 19:35, walt wrote:
On 07/10/2009 08:49 PM, ABCD wrote:
...
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).
Thanks for the clarification. The only reason I can think of for
*not*
setting LC_ALL is that some users on a multi-user system might want to
use a different language. Am I missing something else important?
I'm reading this as to *only* set LANG instead. I'm assuming there are
occasions upon which a single program or package (at installation
time, or perhaps in a run script) may wish to over-ride only some of
the LC_* variables.
IE:
On 11 Jul 2009, at 00:02, Peter Ruskin wrote:
This is what my 02locale file says:
LANG=en_GB
LC_COLLATE=POSIX
LC_CTYPE=POSIX
LC_ALL=en_GB
The last 3 lines should be removed?
If I do so:
$ cat /etc/env.d/02locale
LANG=en_GB
$
k3b gives no errors - in fact I get a No problems found in system
configuration pop-up instead - on startup.
Stroller.
