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 E0AEE1381F3 for ; Tue, 6 Aug 2013 13:24:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B27ACE0AF8; Tue, 6 Aug 2013 13:24:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.perfora.net (mout.perfora.net [74.208.4.194]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B3A78E09FF for ; Tue, 6 Aug 2013 13:24:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (66-208-231-133.ubr01a.rte20201.pa.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [66.208.231.133]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus2) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MMTUU-1VEvWx04je-008GNa; Tue, 06 Aug 2013 09:24:50 -0400 Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2013 08:24:48 -0500 From: Bruce Hill To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] export LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 Message-ID: <20130806132448.GS25510@server> References: <5200F440.7040002@fastmail.co.uk> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5200F440.7040002@fastmail.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:pzuOx07Spd3xqRhyrb/ZF0lD76boE4n8JjedDMLWNuz s5CGjdag0wliOsJRVqBaFimVLEp66+IevcA6l8XMzVktAz1YqX gBv3tShu+oe7obE2qfsoxK/9lShmcrtm1jszyM9MHDFd8jUUbt oXRMzKsuOTFoObN92BJo6tmxCdqc7rmj1R6UORf8YOiDAgqOBe 6vqCrbhNsTFq2GGvKk0my820gwajiXvOhGjrfULH1DXLRSn0fd ZzvoRZedidr7N7LTmNPJiRo00hiR90bL4wn1o5ZFhE9PSoSSx3 QfnUPK6WwC2FQdNBpX6+dLphZzedswpmyJij2gah1vHuVzNOJV uAn+JDz7BSD+EGnzVAX3fuY0ht+oG0ZvZg0ry5J8C X-Archives-Salt: db8366be-4b3f-4cfa-8210-921aa740b248 X-Archives-Hash: cf46c2c34c69673eccf5cabec04aa5c9 On Tue, Aug 06, 2013 at 02:04:00PM +0100, Kerin Millar wrote: > > Legitimate locales are those installed with glibc. These can be shown > with either "eselect locale list" or "locale -a". Having never used eselect with locales (AFAIR) before today. Why does "locale -a" return utf8? I know UTF-8 is accepted as standard, utf8 is not but usually recognized, but want to understand why "locale -a" output omits the standard, which is set on my systems, and differs from the others: o@workstation ~ $ eselect locale list Available targets for the LANG variable: [1] C [2] POSIX [3] en_US.utf8 [4] en_US.UTF-8 * [ ] (free form) mingdao@workstation ~ $ locale -a C POSIX en_US.utf8 mingdao@workstation ~ $ 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=C 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= Cheers, Bruce -- Happy Penguin Computers >') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ support@happypenguincomputers.com 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting