From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Thu Dec 19 14:04:48 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2ACC41E161F for ; Thu, 19 Dec 2019 14:04:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gljennjohn@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wm1-x32c.google.com (mail-wm1-x32c.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::32c]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 47dtt807jjz3DY5; Thu, 19 Dec 2019 14:04:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gljennjohn@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wm1-x32c.google.com with SMTP id a5so5555122wmb.0; Thu, 19 Dec 2019 06:04:47 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:reply-to :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=6UasXPW7SW7VCh9PkkbTi3osDmX7uAa4iTinxCrFKlY=; b=a3f4CCerdiqpFl4b2neAY3f9cXDl+GZ3o67Sy/ijYTMq70C0RFq9PSCxC0AqIbTAXB lNbOAOz9qKoDf3Wa3plMNyCFj6xiC8bDazOgXEHB6g19kiyE9lkbzwt68/bsmprS6vdU yZah5KzufyYqdkl+2aXfV2SPN7bBif4iOzLjiyYmtDXnXCIgE32r+JHaCIpE7urgI4kb NbI20AS13JJCZhszrp0f7i9bMBReZv4LqhhWdZG7F+cIBcy3dyYjDb8CWqQN3katfSqu suJk2PlwBToz2a78E8sALszfIxTdta9P0aSgG6QcPs3uWfdpcK+UaxKlwAFKoUgnDiyR cg8Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:reply-to:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=6UasXPW7SW7VCh9PkkbTi3osDmX7uAa4iTinxCrFKlY=; b=ES0YECtIyUaZIkCiF/duet37CRmgowwMyVm4E28Phs13z55SSEaP6kfqHBPwAwnZCu gEvqmxD2MAZ7AmZyWReqUs4nv4rCenXab1dTOnWstszmhEtF+VoxDFk69PZ6rgE74U9q MeMCoJOOYIwM34fTu57qxnQ4nCXLo29BYKGSHqcIwTG20kYMM52gToV7VeXfVOx35wmt udpYp1ULTxWJ8P8TzBP6X9k+BDjTionl3KdqKFZfoJq79wXY6NBdeLixNCSUBwoDhwyo prsPd10OP1+mbvRWurWH6AhvmoFTwzFeGsHt0kq7iCGNcoUySH8gsxogjAB4wRv/7K/e fbQg== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAXnB514Skvvm1K+ZVGLYXVz11QTdWMyx8WKhc7T7Hz6k7J9Uvqg BGdd32SY3Ep2oxWaAaMoxVYH3MQZ X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqwKLvrO+/nxIejfDTS7WsoHNIe0J0iolJoQuO/UfmWk7loDTtA6bLSenY1jNPO//eePapM7vg== X-Received: by 2002:a7b:c218:: with SMTP id x24mr10573472wmi.149.1576764284639; Thu, 19 Dec 2019 06:04:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from ernst.home (p5B3BE980.dip0.t-ipconnect.de. [91.59.233.128]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id e12sm6573629wrn.56.2019.12.19.06.04.43 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 19 Dec 2019 06:04:43 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 15:04:38 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn To: Gleb Popov Cc: freebsd-hackers Subject: Re: How to use locale(1) to set default paper size? Message-ID: <20191219150438.3c4cdd94@ernst.home> In-Reply-To: References: Reply-To: gljennjohn@gmail.com X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.4 (GTK+ 2.24.32; amd64-portbld-freebsd13.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 47dtt807jjz3DY5 X-Spamd-Bar: ----- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-6.00 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-0.999,0]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; REPLY(-4.00)[] X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 14:04:48 -0000 On Thu, 19 Dec 2019 15:07:22 +0400 Gleb Popov wrote: > Hello hackers@ > > When I launch LibreOffice Writer, the default page size is set to "Letter". > From what I read on Internets, the canonical way to set default paper size > is via locale(1). Many sites propose setting LC_PAPER env var to > ru_RU.UTF-8 to get "A4" as default size. > > On FreeBSD, however, running `locale -ck` doesn't show a category for paper > size and setting LC_PAPER variable doesn't seem to work for LibreOffice. > > Any ideas what can be done about that? > Click on Format->Page and a window will pop up. Open the Page tab and you can set the size to A4. LibreOffice should save that it when you click on OK. My size was set automatically to A4 because I already had a config file from 2008 laying around in my home directory with that setting. -- Gary Jennejohn