Re: menu's appear in NLS]



that still didnt work... I use
export LC_CTYPE="he_IL"
export LC_NUMERIC="he_IL"
export LC_TIME="he_IL"
export LC_COLLATE="he_IL"
export LC_MONETARY="he_IL"
export LC_MESSAGES="en_US"
export LC_PAPER="he_IL"
export LC_NAME="he_IL"
export LC_ADDRESS="he_IL"
export LC_TELEPHONE="he_IL"
export LC_MEASUREMENT="he_IL"
export LC_IDENTIFICATION="he_IL"

in my .xinitrc now.. menu's do appear in english, but applications wont
read hebrew :\.. mebbe its something else of those?



that still didnt work... I use
export LC_CTYPE="he_IL"
export LC_NUMERIC="he_IL"
export LC_TIME="he_IL"
export LC_COLLATE="he_IL"
export LC_MONETARY="he_IL"
export LC_MESSAGES="en_US"
export LC_PAPER="he_IL"
export LC_NAME="he_IL"
export LC_ADDRESS="he_IL"
export LC_TELEPHONE="he_IL"
export LC_MEASUREMENT="he_IL"
export LC_IDENTIFICATION="he_IL"

in my .xinitrc now.. menu's do appear in english, but applications wont
read hebrew :\.. mebbe its something else of those?

On ו', 2002-11-01 at 12:30, Christian Rose wrote:
> fre 2002-11-01 klockan 03.50 skrev w00fa:
> > Hello all :P
> > I've a problem...
> > before I used dropline's gnome 2.0.2 installer I ran a WindowManager
> > called Fluxbox (an offspring of blackbox), and I used to use an export
> > line ("export LC_ALL=he_IL") in my .xinitrc line that would make hebrew
> > available for reading and typing.. made my life all so easyyy! :)..
> > now, I installed dropline's gnome and when I use that command the menu's
> > appear in hebrew..
> 
> Sounds like it works as intended.
> 
> 
> > apperantly it has NLS (Native Language Support) set
> > on.. and that makes it autochange to hebrew.. on xchat, for example- you
> > can use --disable-nls when ./configuring to cancel this option and since
> > you dont really have to do alot to install dropline's gnome (only run
> > the installer actually) I couldnt get a chance to use it :\.. I was
> > wondering if there was a way to cancel NLS? or maybe force menus to
> > appear in english? I'll be waiting on your answer! Thanks alot! /me
> > bows!
> 
> Specifying LC_ALL=he_IL means that you want all different localization
> aspects to use values suitable for Hebrew use in Israel. So if you use
> LC_ALL=he_IL, it really means this:
> 
> LC_CTYPE="he_IL"
> LC_NUMERIC="he_IL"
> LC_TIME="he_IL"
> LC_COLLATE="he_IL"
> LC_MONETARY="he_IL"
> LC_MESSAGES="he_IL"
> LC_PAPER="he_IL"
> LC_NAME="he_IL"
> LC_ADDRESS="he_IL"
> LC_TELEPHONE="he_IL"
> LC_MEASUREMENT="he_IL"
> LC_IDENTIFICATION="he_IL"
> 
> Among other things, if you look at the LC_MESSAGES line, it specifies
> that you want messages in Hebrew. So if you also get your applications
> in Hebrew, it surely works according to what you specified.
> 
> If you want applications in English, but he_IL values for the rest, you
> should set en_US as the value for LC_MESSAGES, but use he_IL for the
> rest. Don't set LC_ALL; it overrides all other individual values. You
> can check what values you have set by running "locale" on the console.
> 
> 
> Christian
> 
> 





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