Chris Stankevitz wrote: > Hello, > > Section 8c of the handbook tells me: > > === > > You now have the possibility to set the system-wide locale settings in > the /etc/env.d/02locale file: > > === > > Code Listing 3.8: Setting the default system locale in /etc/env.d/02locale > LANG="de_DE.UTF-8" > LC_COLLATE="C" > > === > > Q1: Do I have the possibility to set the system-wide locale settings? > A1: YES [I knew the answer to this one!] > > Q2: Should I? > A2: ? > > Q3: If yes, what should I set them to? [The example sets them to a > magical value that seems to be related to code listing 3.6, but it is > not exactly the same. I am in the united states and I speak english > if that helps answer this one.] > A3: ? > > Thank you! > > Chris > > PS: In case it is not clear already I have no idea what a locale is > and have no preference or what it is so long as gentoo and all my apps > are happy. > >
I think my settings would work for you. This is what is in my file: LANG="en_US.UTF8" LC_ALL="en_US.UTF8" It works fine for me. Everything is in English as in American not the others. lol Dale :-) :-) P. S. Welcome to Gentoo and the world of constantly learning. Just when you learn something, something changes and you get to learn it all over again. :/ -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
