default locales should be C

[Martin Laberge]

On Wednesday 08 October 2008 15:06:58 Emanoil Kotsev wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> thank you anyway for not ignoring me anymore :-)
> 
> cat /etc/environment
> 
> gives nothing, it's empty.
> 
> As far as I remember you said I have to go to the ubntu list, as it's a ubuntu problem. Or may be I'm mixing up. Some mails are classified as spam, so I skip many of them. Sorry for that.
> If I've got a definit answer I wouldn't "complain"
> 
> So you've seen my nice screenshot :-) it's worth a babylon prise. For those who didn't part of the translations are in arabic, part in german and part in bulgarian. The last two I speak, also the kde configuration has them listed in this way - but the first one is boring
> 
> I setup LC_ALL=C. It's english but it's consistant.
> 
> Don't understand how it's possible that debian does not have this symptoms.
> 
> Sorry again if I haven't seen your mail and complained again, but as you see we've got a progress. 
> 
> Thanks anyway and my apologies again
> 
> regards
> 
> --- On Wed, 10/8/08, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
> 
> > From: Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca>
> > Subject: Re: default locales should be C
> > To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> > Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 4:21 PM
> > Martin Laberge wrote:
> > 
> > > On Wednesday 08 October 2008 05:05:56 Nils Kassube
> > wrote:
> > >> Emanoil Kotsev wrote:
> > >> > sorry I know "immediate" is not
> > people like to hear, but I need
> > >> > immediate support on this or any a idea how
> > it can be fixed.
> > >> 
> > >> If it is really urgent you may consider commercial
> > support
> > >> <http://www.ubuntu.com/support/paid>.
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >> Nils
> > >> 
> > > 
> > > or you may edit your file   /etc/environment
> > > 
> > > and add the locales by hand
> > > 
> > > LC_ALL=C
> > 
> > I don't think that would solve his problem.  It's
> > fine for those of us who
> > use English, but he's referring to a situation where
> > _his_ language is
> > Bulgarian (iirc) and untranslated apps show up with German
> > or Arabic
> > messages.  
> > 
> > Not that I know why I bother to contribute, since I _did_
> > respond to his
> > original post and he complains he's been ignored...
> > -- 
> > derek
> > 
> > 
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> 

did you check the file /etc/login.defs

other useful parameters can be ajusted there.

after setting the default to english, C,
then you are free to setup the language of your user
in user mode, to wathever you want.

my case:   LC_ALL=C , my user preferred language = french

when french not translated, then english always take place.


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