[ moving discussion from bug 655427, so more people get notified ] On 2010-11-10 03:10, trespasser wrote: > I agree this is a duplicate to the certain point but (please, correct > me if I am wrong or missed something in discussion on bug 553162) > your patch makes sure $LANG, $LANGUAGE and $LC_MESSAGES all point to > the same language.
Ok, then I'll correct you. :-) The patch makes sure that LANGUAGE and LC_MESSAGES state the same language, so messages and menus are translated as expected. LANG is separated to handle other localization aspects. With 10.04 language-selector introduced a separation between language for message translation and other localization stuff. However, a couple of related issues were left unsolved. I'm trying to address those issues and with that help complete the separation. > My issue is to separate those variables as I want to see Polish > currency (zł or PLN) but English/US decimal separator (. instead of > ,) as well as Polish date format (2010-11-10) but English name of > days (Wednesday instead of Środa) and Polish days order (weeks in > Poland traditionally starts on Monday). It sounds like you want to not only separate the variables you mention, but rather set each LC_* variable (except for LC_ALL) individually. In addition to that, you are affected by the issue that names of days and months are not actually subject to translation. To completely satisfy such a complex wishlist, you'd need to create a custom locale. However, I believe that you can come close (except for the decimal separator) by doing the following: * Install the patch I mentioned. * Use language-selector for setting LANGUAGE to 'en_GB:en' (and with that setting LC_MESSAGES to 'en_GB.utf8'). * Use language-selector for setting LANG to 'pl_PL.utf8'. * Edit your ~/.profile file manually and add: export LC_TIME="en_DK.utf8" > Therefore, in my opinion, language-selector should be reduced to > choosing a language only Please note that that would be a step backwards. > and more advanced changes should be done in > custom locale editor (such thing should be introduced). What's more, > standard regarding locale should be better documented and guidance > for developers on using particular locale variables should be > outlined with strong examples. Personally I hope that the GUI will be enough intuitive to limit the need for comprehensive docs. -- Set $LANGUAGE if the user picks a different locale in gdm, so that language-selector and gdm stop disagreeing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/553162 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
