On 11/05/12 19:19, Polytropon wrote: > On Mon, 05 Nov 2012 18:54:43 -0600, Joseph a Nagy Jr wrote: >> FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE, i386 >> >> Xiphos is giving me a strange warning[0], and I'm not quite sure what to >> make of it. > > Currently "C" is set as the default language setting (locale) > for that specific program. It cannot handle it and probably > won't (as indicated) translate things properly. "C" is the > typical fallback locale.
Really? Seems a bit odd. > See the settings of $LANG and the $LC_* variables. There is > a specific precedence in their evaluation! Ah, I will have to read up on those, for future reference. >> # >> # American Users Accounts. Setup proper environment variables. >> # >> american|American Users Accounts:\ >> :charset=iso-8859-1:\ >> :lang=en_US.iso-8859-1:\ >> :tc=default: >> >> Basically I copied the Russian settings (and then commented them out, >> not sure why they are uncommented by default), replacing the lang and >> charset as appropriate (I don't care how many of you like UTF-8, either, >> keep it to yourselves). > > Looks fully valid. Good. >> Should I just re-compile now that I've explicitly set things? > > Why? Language settings are evaluated at runtime, no need to > compile anything. As you have made the change to login.conf > (at the global level), make sure your user account doesn't > override anything. Also check if you need to run cap_mkdb > to create login.conf.db from your settings. I already ran it, I just need to logout/in after LibreOffice is done compiling. > Alternatively (usually not recommended, but works) you can > set (i. e. setenv) language variables in /etc/csh.cshrc > globally, or ~/.cshrc for your user account. > > Example: > > setenv LC_ALL en_US.ISO8859-1 > setenv LC_MESSAGES en_US.ISO8859-1 > setenv LC_COLLATE de_DE.ISO8859-1 > setenv LC_CTYPE de_DE.ISO8859-1 > setenv LC_MONETARY de_DE.ISO8859-1 > setenv LC_NUMERIC de_DE.ISO8859-1 > setenv LC_TIME de_DE.ISO8859-1 > unsetenv LANG > > That will leave english text intact (most usable language > setting for most programs), but allow specific settings like > time notation or collation according to the german rules. Will keep that in mind for future reference. I'm going to be learning one or two new languages soon and that will be helpful when I go to set up a new user to practice reading (and not just talking) those languages. (: -- Yours in Christ, Joseph A Nagy Jr "Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, But he who hates correction is stupid." -- Proverbs 12:1 Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. Original content CopyFree (F) under the OWL http://owl.apotheon.org
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