Localisation needs to be improved
Pavel Shevchuk
stlwrt at gmail.com
Sun May 4 00:23:44 UTC 2008
Could you paste "locale" output?
On 5/4/08, Rodd Clarkson <rodd at clarkson.id.au> wrote:
> Right, time for this conversation again.
>
> I've installed f9-preview and for the most part I'm thrilled.
>
> But yet again I get to go through the hell of telling applications,
> printer set ups and the likes that I'm in Australia and I want to use
> A4, etc.
>
> In my case, this all stems from having to us US english because as a
> coder, most programming languages are based around US english (center,
> not centre, for example) and there's enough noise on the screen without
> underlines because I spelt something 'wrong'
>
> Regardless, there has to be plenty of people who live somewhere, but use
> a different language or the likes for some reason.
>
> Strangely, I get to go through this all because I picked a language and
> stated that I lived somewhere in the installer and the installer chooses
> to assume all sorts of things about where I live from the language I
> choose to use, rather than the location I live in.
>
> Strangely, I no loner need an xorg.conf file for X, but the installer
> can't seem to get something as simple as this right.
>
> I know that I can make changes to some file, and that manually I can
> make it work by doing this, but I shouldn't have to. THIS SHOULD JUST
> WORK!
>
> This should be a priority for f10.
>
>
> R.
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> It's much better on my side"
>
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