On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 23:17 +0100, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski wrote: > On Thursday, 14 February 2008 at 23:04, Rodd Clarkson wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 10:45 +0000, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" wrote: > > > > > >> Try running "locale". > > > > > > > > [rodd@localhost ~]$ locale > > > > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > > > > LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8" > > > > LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8" > > > > LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8" > > > > LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8" > > > > LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8" > > > > LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8" > > > > LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8" > > > > LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8" > > > > LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8" > > > > LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8" > > > > LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8" > > > > LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8" > > > > LC_ALL= > > > > [rodd@localhost ~]$ > > > > > > > > So, let me get this straight. All of this was set because I said I > > > > wanted my computer to speak English (USA)? > > > > > > > How about address this whole Letter vs A4 issue by putting an option in > > > S-C-P that change the paper size... > > > > Actually, I'm starting to realize that this is much bigger than just A4 > > or letter. > > > > Because I chose the English (USA) language, anaconda has assumed that > > everything I do is US. > > > > I'm even stunned to note that while I select Melbourne, AUSTRALIA as my > > time zone, local reports LC_TIME as en_US.UTF-8. > > Timezone and locale are two different things. > > LC_TIME only affects the way dates are displayed. I get this. But when I select my timezone from the map of the world, I also select a (nearby) city and a country. These are going to be far better indicators of what paper I use, or how I format my date that my choice of language. In fact, I've always wondered why Fedora listed English (UK) and English (Australia) since they are the same thing. R. -- "It's a fine line between denial and faith. It's much better on my side" -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
