On 2021-05-18 18:37, IL Ka wrote:
Thanks all. I looked at my config files (which go back at least 15
years) and found lots of explicitly setting both LC_ALL=C and LC_LANG=C.
Should I remove all, or just remove the LC_ALL?
> Using LC_ALL is strongly discouraged as it overrides everything.
Please use it only when testing and never set it in a startup file.
https://wiki.debian.org/Locale <https://wiki.debian.org/Locale>
It is better to set everything explicitly in "/etc/default/locale"
Even better: use
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales
it will generate all locales you need AND set the default one in this file.
There is NO reason to use anything except UTF-8 in 2021
Please, be aware that not all Desktop Environments (like KDE's Plasma)
honour this setting. Often, they have their own mechanisms for setting
the locale within the DE itself.
Grx HdV
