> right, i have locale (gnu libc) 2.1.3 on potato and nothing like > locale.gen. the sl_SI (and other the like) is only in /usr/share/locale/ > but /usr/bin/locale and localedef contain 'abday'. these are long > executable files -- do i need to edit them? > the sl_si/lc_time has something like @december and other names in the end > and even though changing them modifies the output, it still isn't correct > eg. not the whole name is printed and similar. > any ideas?
Perhaps you need to add a flag to the date command? [02:33:10 tmp]$ date --help |grep %B %B locale's full month name, variable length (January..December) [02:33:25 tmp]$ > > > > On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, Ionel Mugurel [iso-8859-2] Ciob�c� wrote: > > > ----- Forwarded message from andrej hocevar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- > > > > > X-Envelope-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > From: andrej hocevar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > X-X-Sender: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> > > > Subject: changing date's output > > > > > > hello > > > i'd like to change the names of the months into slovenian ones, that is > > > the old-style names (like vinotok for october). Of course, there are the > > > locale files sl_SI, among them the LC_TIME, which states only those > > > 'international' names. now i'd simply like to change that but i don't know > > > how to do it, since i don't know the format of that very file, so only > > > adding new names results in bad output. > > > can anyone help me here? > > > thanks, > > > andrej hocevar > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > > > I also was pissed off when I start to use locales. The names of > > the months were with capital letters. I manage to change that > > in /usr/share/i18n/locales/ro_RO (for Romanian). Search for > > LC_TIME. abday contain the abreviated names of the days, > > and abmon contain the abreviated names for the months. > > day contain the names of the days of the week and mon > > contains the names for the months. You may notice that > > you have to use the Unicode codes for each letter. > > A is U0041, etc. > > > > After that you have to uncomment the sl_SI in the /etc/locale.gen > > and run /usr/sbin/locale-gen (as root). > > > > You may want to keep a copy of the /usr/share/i18n/locales/sl_SI > > somewhere, otherwise if you do an upgrate of the locales > > you will overide the file (it happend to me). > > > > All this is valid for woody, I don't know for potato. > > I run locale (GNU libc) 2.2.3. You did not mention > > what do you have. > > > > For a better understanding of the format of the file > > you may want to search the net for ISO 14652 (don't have > > a reference handy). > > > > You may want to drop an e-mail to [email protected] > > or to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ulrich Drepper) for a change > > in locales files. > > > > > > I hope this help. > > > > Ionel Ciobica > > > > -- > > Ionel Mugurel Ciob�c� > > Schuit Institute of Catalysis Phone: 00 31 (0)40 2473781 > > Eindhoven University of Technology Fax: 00 31 (0)40 2455054 > > Laboratory of Catalysis, _SKA_ e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Theory Group, STW 4.27, POBox 513 5600MB Eindhoven, Netherlands > > _____ > > .''`. (o- This is Linux Country. -o) > > : :' : //\ On a quiet night, you /\\ > > `. `'` V_/_ can hear Windows reboot. _\_V > > `- www.Debian.org > > > > "Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted." > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
