All, I'm trying to learn how locales function in a Linux system. Sorry if these questions are elementary, but I'm having a hard time finding a basic level document that explains the role of locale definitions.
I tried re-setting locale to what appears, anyway to be the default value, "C," by running this command from root: export LC_ALL="C" The problem: when I then run the locale command in console-only mode, it correctly displays the new value "C" throughout; however, when I run locale from an xterm session in a window manager, I get LANG=zh_TW.Big5 LC_CTYPE="zh_TW.Big5" LC_NUMERIC="zh_TW.Big5" LC_TIME="zh_TW.Big5" LC_COLLATE="zh_TW.Big5" LC_MONETARY="zh_TW.Big5" LC_MESSAGES="zh_TW.Big5" LC_PAPER="zh_TW.Big5" LC_NAME="zh_TW.Big5" LC_ADDRESS="zh_TW.Big5" LC_TELEPHONE="zh_TW.Big5" LC_MEASUREMENT="zh_TW.Big5" LC_IDENTIFICATION="zh_TW.Big5" LC_ALL=zh_TW.Big5 ... which is what I was getting before. My question would be: why is this the case? And how can I reset to default *everywhere*? Thanks, Glenn Becker Online Producer, Community SCIFI.COM
