On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 01:53:04AM -0400, David Jackson wrote: > Jeff -- > Thanks for you reply. > > > > According to /etc/locale.gen this is the command to build locales. > (and it worked) > > dpkg-reconfigure locales > > David > > >
Just a quick question on a related matter. I have been using this machine for a while now. $LANG was always set to C. I installed the locales package and reconfigured to en_US. What exactly does this do for me? I know a lot of packages come with documentation and code that's for languages other than English, and that stuff still gets installed on my computer even though I have no use for it. Could somebody please explain how locales work? Is it specific to Linux? Specific to Debian? I did a google search, but it didn't turn up anything authoritative. Pointers to a good documentation source would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
