From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 15 22:43:06 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 961E816A4CE for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2005 22:43:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ispmxmta09-srv.alltel.net (ispmxmta09-srv.alltel.net [166.102.165.170]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF8E743D3F for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2005 22:43:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from trey@fastmail.fm) Received: from [192.168.0.2] (really [69.40.88.94]) by ispmxmta09-srv.alltel.net with ESMTP <20050215224303.IHKI4937.ispmxmta09-srv.alltel.net@[192.168.0.2]>; Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:43:03 -0600 From: Trey Sizemore To: Joe Marcus Clarke In-Reply-To: <1108447939.91053.1.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <20050214183838.704c2e4c@localhost.localdomain> <1108447939.91053.1.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-3UEh9B1Dza4U4rxgmFTf" Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:43:08 -0500 Message-Id: <1108507388.1529.1.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Issues with incorrect locale settings X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 22:43:06 -0000 --=-3UEh9B1Dza4U4rxgmFTf Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 01:12 -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 18:38 -0500, Trey Sizemore wrote: > > It would appear that my locale settings are defaulting back to C, at > > least for gnome apps. I log in using GDM and set my locale to en _US bu= t > > my gnome/gtk apps (specifically mailers like sylpheed and evolution) > > default to C when sorting my mail folders (case sensitive) or presentin= g > > date formats for the current locale. > >=20 > > Here's my locale output > >=20 > > trey@salamander~> locale > > LANG=3Den_US.UTF-8 > > LC_CTYPE=3D"en_US.UTF-8" > > LC_COLLATE=3D"en_US.UTF-8" > > LC_TIME=3D"en_US.UTF-8" > > LC_NUMERIC=3D"en_US.UTF-8" > > LC_MONETARY=3D"en_US.UTF-8" > > LC_MESSAGES=3D"en_US.UTF-8" > > LC_ALL=3D > >=20 > > It appears that the entries presented with quotes (COLLATE) is telling > > me there's a problem. >=20 > What problem? >=20 > >=20 > > How can I fix this? It's driving me crazy. >=20 > I usually just set LANG to en_US.ISO8859-1 or en_US.UTF-8 (I never > bother with the other LC_* variables). However, GNOME's default > language is en_US, so you really don't notice much of a difference > except when dealing with extended 8-bit Latin characters. >=20 > Joe >=20 My question is with my locale settings set as above, why are my gnome apps still using the C locale when sorting mail folders (case sensitive) and displaying dates for the current locale? How can I change the locale settings to a reasonable US_en setting if the above is not working? --=20 Cheers, Trey --- "There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another which states that this has already happened." -- Douglas Adams=20 5:41PM up 20:51, 0 users, load averages: 1.22, 0.47, 0.22=20 FreeBSD salamander.thesizemores.net 5.3-STABLE i386 --=-3UEh9B1Dza4U4rxgmFTf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBCEnr89VBpGyCc6+gRApI6AJ9OC+0GQWymGoz0+Qs7pFp6EdVvuwCfemB8 OBcI3KVOEO2c2yomYdSpFZE= =XaK7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-3UEh9B1Dza4U4rxgmFTf--