Hi, At Mon, 3 Sep 2001 09:58:31 +0200, Radovan Garabik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> that is the point. You need to use 8-bit chars, not locales. > Unfortunately, i18n (flawed) approach is to use locale to > allow 8-bit chars. I hope you don't forget about multibyte encodings. Anyway, setting locale in installation time is very useful but may be dangerous. For example, if you set Japanese locale and don't work out Japanese-displayable console/terminal, you will find completely unreadable message displayed. The message could be a serious alert message... You may understand the feeling by seeing: http://www.debian.or.jp/~kubota/mojibake/xterm.png And, I think it is too difficult for b-f to configure the console to enable displaying Japanese text. Thus, I think it is not a good idea for b-f to configure users' locale automatically. (Or, even if b-f asks the locale, it should alert "User of complex languages such as CJK, Thai, and so on should not specify your language now; you should configure by yourself by knowing what you are doing. language-env package may help you.") However, I think it is a good idea for b-f to ask locale and generate /etc/locale.gen so that installation of "locales" package can automatically build necessary locales. Also, installing "locales" package automatically in the 2nd stage of Debian installation process is a good idea. --- Tomohiro KUBOTA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.debian.or.jp/~kubota/ "Introduction to I18N" http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/intro-i18n/
