From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFEBD138010 for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2012 21:03:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2C0D921C069 for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2012 21:03:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E515121C032 for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:37:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from flycatcher.gentoo.org (flycatcher.gentoo.org [81.93.255.6]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4108833D793 for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:37:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by flycatcher.gentoo.org (Postfix, from userid 617) id 0A6E621600; Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:37:53 +0000 (UTC) From: "Sven Vermeulen (swift)" To: gentoo-doc-cvs@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en: guide-localization.xml X-VCS-Repository: gentoo X-VCS-Files: guide-localization.xml X-VCS-Directories: xml/htdocs/doc/en X-VCS-Committer: swift X-VCS-Committer-Name: Sven Vermeulen Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <20121031183754.0A6E621600@flycatcher.gentoo.org> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:37:53 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-doc-cvs@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: docs-team@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: 906ec68b-6b8e-4dd9-8260-7fb540f7b60e X-Archives-Hash: 026eed062b0954ddc277e0d857138bf5 swift 12/10/31 18:37:53 Modified: guide-localization.xml Log: Fix bug #433824 - Add in reference towards linguas.desc Revision Changes Path 1.66 xml/htdocs/doc/en/guide-localization.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/guide-localization.xml?rev=1.66&view=markup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/guide-localization.xml?rev=1.66&content-type=text/plain diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/guide-localization.xml?r1=1.65&r2=1.66 Index: guide-localization.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/guide-localization.xml,v retrieving revision 1.65 retrieving revision 1.66 diff -u -r1.65 -r1.66 --- guide-localization.xml 24 Jul 2012 12:12:51 -0000 1.65 +++ guide-localization.xml 31 Oct 2012 18:37:53 -0000 1.66 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ - + @@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ the German doc. Includes configuration for use of the euro currency symbol. -3 -2012-07-24 +4 +2012-10-31 Time zone @@ -230,6 +230,18 @@

+A list of locales that can be used is provided as +/usr/portage/profiles/desc/linguas.desc: +

+ +
+$ grep -i french /usr/portage/profiles/desc/linguas.desc
+fr - French locale
+fr_CA - French locale for Canada
+fr_FR - French locale for France
+
+ +

It's also possible, and pretty common especially in a more traditional UNIX environment, to leave the global settings unchanged, i.e. in the "C" locale. Users can still specify their preferred locale in their own shell RC