Re: mixing LANG and LC_CTYPE

[Jungshik Shin]

On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Pablo Saratxaga wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 10:37:56AM -0500, Noah Levitt wrote:

> > Should a combination like LANG=fr_FR LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
> > result in something equivalent to LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8?
>
> Isn't what you are looking for:
>
> LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
> LANGUAGE=fr
>
> that is, all locale stuff defined to en_US.UTF-8, and French translations
> if available.

  Oh, no.. I hate non-standard LANGUAGE and LINGUA and their friends.
IMHO, they should have never been introduced.  Why can't we just
use LC_MESSAGES?   In his case, he can use 'LANG=en_US.UTF-8 and
LC_MESSAGES=fr_FR.UTF-8' if that's what he's looking for.

  Jungshik Shin

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