On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 6:52 PM, Chris Stankevitz <chrisstankev...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Mike Gilbert <flop...@gentoo.org> wrote: >> The handbook documents setting a system-wide default locale. You >> generally do this by setting the LANG variable in >> /etc/conf.d/02locale. >> >> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=1&chap=8#doc_chap3_sect3 > > Mike, > > Thank you for your help. I attempted to follow these instructions and > ran into three problems. Can you please confirm the fixes I employed > to deal with each of these issues: >
I think the other responses in the thread have this covered, but I will respond anyway. > 1. The handbook suggests I should modify the file /etc/env.d/02locale, > but that file does not exist on my system. RESOLUTION: create the > file > Correct. This file can also be created by using eselect locale. > 2. The handbook suggests I should add this line to > /etc/env.d/02locale: 'LANG="de_DE.UTF-8"', but I do not speak the > language "DE". RESOLUTION: type instead 'LANG="en_US.UTF-8"' to match > /etc/locale.gen > Right, the de_DE is just an example. You should select a language/country that matches your lingual ability. :-) > 3. The handbook suggests that I should add this line to > /etc/env.d/02locale: 'LC_COLLATE="C"', but I do not know if they are > again talking about the language "DE". RESOLUTION: I assumed > LC_COLLATE=C refers to english and added the line without > modification. > LC_COLLATE specifies how to sort text strings. Setting it to "C" indicates that you want to sort strings based on the binary (ASCII) value of their characters. Leaving LC_COLLATE unset will cause strings to be sorted according to the normal rules associated with your locale. For example, given the following strings: cat Dog With LC_COLLATE="C", they are sorted like this, since the binary value of "D" (66) is less than the value of "c" (99). Dog cat With LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8", they are sorted like this, since "c" comes before "D" in the alphabet. cat Dog
