Author: dnicholson
Date: 2007-01-18 09:34:14 -0700 (Thu, 18 Jan 2007)
New Revision: 6429
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/general/genlib/glib2.xml
trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/postlfs/config/profile.xml
Log:
Fixed the i18n.sh profile script. Closes #2012.
Modified: trunk/BOOK/general/genlib/glib2.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/general/genlib/glib2.xml 2007-01-18 13:31:00 UTC (rev 6428)
+++ trunk/BOOK/general/genlib/glib2.xml 2007-01-18 16:34:14 UTC (rev 6429)
@@ -94,6 +94,29 @@
</sect2>
+ <sect2 role="configuration">
+ <title>Configuring GLib</title>
+
+ <sect3>
+ <title>Configuration Information</title>
+
+ <para>By default, <application>GLib</application> assumes that all
+ filenames are in the UTF-8 charset. See the <xref
+ linkend="locale-issues"/> page for more details on this kind of
+ issue. In order to tell GLib and applications that use it
+ that filenames are in the default locale encoding, set the variable
+ <envar>G_FILENAME_ENCODING</envar> to the value "@locale":</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>cat > /etc/profile.d/glib2-locale.sh << "EOF"
+<literal># Use the current locale charset for filenames
+# in applications using GLib
+export [EMAIL PROTECTED]</literal>
+EOF</userinput></screen>
+
+ </sect3>
+
+ </sect2>
+
<sect2 role="content">
<title>Contents</title>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2007-01-18 13:31:00 UTC
(rev 6428)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2007-01-18 16:34:14 UTC
(rev 6429)
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@
<para>January 18th, 2007</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
+ <para>[dnicholson] - Changed the i18n.sh profile text to reference
+ the LFS locale discussion and moved the GLib specific settings to
+ that package's page. Fixes #2012.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>[randy] - Added text to the 'Locale Related Issues' page which
discusses improperly encoded manual pages.</para>
</listitem>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/postlfs/config/profile.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/postlfs/config/profile.xml 2007-01-18 13:31:00 UTC (rev
6428)
+++ trunk/BOOK/postlfs/config/profile.xml 2007-01-18 16:34:14 UTC (rev
6429)
@@ -332,64 +332,17 @@
<primary
sortas="e-etc-profile.d-i18n.sh">/etc/profile.d/i18n.sh</primary>
</indexterm>
- <para>This script shows how to set some environment variables necessary
for
- native language support. Setting these variables properly gives
you:</para>
+ <para>This script sets an environment variable necessary for
+ native language support. A full discussion on determining this
+ variable can be found on the <ulink
+ url="&lfs-root;/chapter07/profile.html">LFS Bash Shell
+ Startup Files</ulink> page.</para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>the output of programs translated into your native
language</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>correct classification of characters into letters, digits and
- other classes – this is necessary for
<application>Bash</application>
- to accept keystrokes properly in non-English locales</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>the alphabetical sorting order correct for your country</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>proper default paper size</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>correct formatting of monetary, time and date values</para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
-
- <para>Replace <replaceable><ll></replaceable> with the two-letter
code for
- your language (e.g., <quote>en</quote>) and
- <replaceable><CC></replaceable> with the two-letter code for your
country
- (e.g., <quote>GB</quote>). Also you may need to specify (and this is
actually
- the preferred form) your character encoding (e.g.,
<quote>iso8859-1</quote>)
- after a dot (so that the result is <quote>en_GB.iso8859-1</quote>).
Issue the
- following command for more information:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>man 3 setlocale</userinput></screen>
-
- <para>The list of all locales supported by
<application>Glibc</application>
- can be obtained by running the following command:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>locale -a</userinput></screen>
-
- <para>After you are sure about your locale settings, create the
- <filename>/etc/profile.d/i18n.sh</filename> file:</para>
-
<screen role="root"><userinput>cat > /etc/profile.d/i18n.sh << "EOF"
<literal># Set up i18n variables
-export
LC_ALL=<replaceable><ll></replaceable>_<replaceable><CC></replaceable>
-export
LANG=<replaceable><ll></replaceable>_<replaceable><CC></replaceable>
-export [EMAIL PROTECTED]</literal>
+export
LANG=<replaceable><ll></replaceable>_<replaceable><CC></replaceable>.<replaceable><charmap></replaceable><replaceable><@modifiers></replaceable></literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>
- <para>The <envar>LC_ALL</envar> variable sets the same value for all
locale
- categories. For better control, you may prefer to set values
individually for
- all categories listed in the output of the <command>locale</command>
- command.</para>
-
- <para>The <envar>G_FILENAME_ENCODING</envar> variable tells applications
- such as <application>Glib</application> and
<application>GTK+</application>
- that filenames are in the default locale encoding and not in UTF-8 as
- assumed by default.</para>
-
</sect3>
<sect3>
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