Changing settings on a user level always is a good idea. As long as you are fine with System wide logs coming in English, I see no downside to this. Why can't we have this as the default recommended approach? On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 4:07 AM, Alad Wenter <the.changing.side@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > Arch Linux currently emphasises on setting the locale system-wide. If a > non-english language is desired, it should be uncommented in > /etc/locale.gen (besides en_US.UTF-8), and set in /etc/locale.conf. > > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide#Configure_the_system > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginner%27s_guide#Locale > > While the Locale article mentions a user-wide setting > (.config/locale.conf), this is more an aside for "multi-user" systems. > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Locale#Setting_per-user_locale > > An alternative approach is mentioned in the Funtoo FAQ: > > "The next thing I recommend is to try to avoid changing the global system > LANG setting, and instead set the LANG setting on a per-user basis by > adding the desired LANG setting to your ~/.bashrc. This will preserve > English log output in /var/log and make it easier to search for more common > matching English strings on the Internet when you need help." > > > http://www.funtoo.org/Funtoo_Linux_FAQ#What_if_I_want_to_use_a_non-English_locale.2Flanguage.3F > > Thus /etc/locale.conf would have LANG=en_US.UTF-8, and other languages > would be defined in ~/.bashrc (or rather ~/.config/locale.conf). > > This sounds like a fair argument. Are there possible downsides to this > approach in Arch, or can/should the respective articles be updated? > > Regards, > > -- > Alad Wenter <the.changing.side@xxxxxxxxx> >
