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.
>  --
>  "It's a fine line between denial and faith.
>   It's much better on my side"
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