nightmorph 06/10/06 18:35:52 Modified: utf-8.xml Log: changed LC_ALL to LANG recommendation per bug 148236
Revision Changes Path 1.45 xml/htdocs/doc/en/utf-8.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/utf-8.xml?rev=1.45&view=markup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/utf-8.xml?rev=1.45&content-type=text/plain diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/utf-8.xml?r1=1.44&r2=1.45 Index: utf-8.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/utf-8.xml,v retrieving revision 1.44 retrieving revision 1.45 diff -u -r1.44 -r1.45 --- utf-8.xml 29 Aug 2006 10:03:52 -0000 1.44 +++ utf-8.xml 6 Oct 2006 18:35:52 -0000 1.45 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?> -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/utf-8.xml,v 1.44 2006/08/29 10:03:52 rane Exp $ --> +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/utf-8.xml,v 1.45 2006/10/06 18:35:52 nightmorph Exp $ --> <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> <guide link="/doc/en/utf-8.xml"> @@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> <license /> -<version>2.22</version> -<date>2006-08-28</date> +<version>2.23</version> +<date>2006-10-06</date> <chapter> <title>Character Encodings</title> @@ -231,13 +231,13 @@ <body> <p> -There is one environment variable that needs to be set in order to use -our new UTF-8 locales: <c>LC_ALL</c> (this variable overrides the <c>LANG</c> -setting as well). There are also many different ways to set it; some people -prefer to only have a UTF-8 environment for a specific user, in which case -they set them in their <path>~/.profile</path> (if you use <c>/bin/sh</c>), -<path>~/.bash_profile</path> or <path>~/.bashrc</path> (if you use -<c>/bin/bash</c>). +There is one environment variable that needs to be set in order to use our new +UTF-8 locales: <c>LANG</c> (you can override this variable with the +<c>LC_ALL</c> setting as well). There are also many different ways to set it; +some people prefer to only have a UTF-8 environment for a specific user, in +which case they set them in their <path>~/.profile</path> (if you use +<c>/bin/sh</c>), <path>~/.bash_profile</path> or <path>~/.bashrc</path> (if you +use <c>/bin/bash</c>). </p> <p> @@ -257,9 +257,19 @@ <pre caption="Demonstration /etc/env.d/02locale"> <comment>(As always, change "en_GB.UTF-8" to your locale)</comment> -LC_ALL="en_GB.UTF-8" +LANG="en_GB.UTF-8" </pre> +<note> +You can also substitute <c>LC_ALL</c> for <c>LANG</c>. This sets your locale +for all categories, including numerical and currency values. On a very few +systems, it might cause some issues. However, most users should be able to use +<c>LC_ALL</c> without problems. For more information on the categories affected +by using <c>LC_ALL</c>, please read the <uri +link="http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Locale-Categories.html#Locale-Categories";>GNU +locale page</uri>. +</note> + <p> Next, the environment must be updated with the change. </p> -- [email protected] mailing list
