LXDE LXDE localization

[lucas1]

Good day.

How to setup localization in LXDE?

If you run LXDE through startx and .xinitrc - then all good.

If you run LXDE through login screen Display manager - then language system and applications remains English.
But locale output ru_RU.

What do you advise?

 

[eternal_noob]

Set your locale in ~/.login_conf and don't forget to run cap_mkdb ~/.login_conf afterwards.
See

Chapter 25. Localization - i18n/L10n Usage and Setup

FreeBSD supports localization into many languages, allowing users to view, input, or process data in non-English languages

docs.freebsd.org

 

[lucas1]

Pointed out in /etc/login.conf for all users of the system for localization:

russian|Russian Users Accounts:\
       :charset=UTF-8:\
       :lang=ru_RU.UTF-8:\
       :tc=default:

cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf run.
checked for user class - russian.

Nothing changed after logging in via login screen Display manager - language system and applications remains English.
And in general it was already locale output ru_RU..

 

[T-Daemon]

Which login manager are you using?

 

[lucas1]

LightDM.

 

[fjdlr]

LightDM.

(with LightDM) using .xprofil:

LANG="fr_FR.UTF-8"; export LANG
LC_ALL="fr_FR.UTF-8"; export LC_ALL
MM_CHARSET="fr_FR.UTF-8"; export MM_CHARSET

I'st okay
Try with RU for you

 

[lucas1]

No, it does not work.

 

[T-Daemon]

(with LightDM) using .xprofil:

There is an typo, it should be ~/.xprofile . Setting export LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8 is sufficient.

If you want the Greeter to have russian as well edit /usr/local/share/xgreeters/lightdm-gtk-greeter.desktop , change

Exec=lightdm-gtk-greeter

to

Exec=env LANGUAGE=ru lightdm-gtk-greeter

 

[lucas1]

But .xprofile work.
Many thanks.

 

[SirDice]

LC_ALL="fr_FR.UTF-8"; export LC_ALL

Don't set LC_ALL. It overrules all other locale(1) settings. It's not meant to be set, it's typically only used by applications or scripts to override a user's locale(1) setting.

 

[eternal_noob]

Don't set LC_ALL. It overrules all other locale(1) settings. It's not meant to be set

I had a discussion with a fellow forum member here about this. He suggested that setting LC_ALL is indeed preferable.
I am confused.

 

[SirDice]

He said he preferred it, not that it's the right thing to do.

 

[SirDice]

LC_ALL is an environment variable that overrides all of these. It is typically used in scripts that run particular programs. For example, configure scripts generated by GNU autoconf use LC_ALL to make sure that the configuration tests don’t operate in locale dependent ways.

Some systems, unfortunately, set LC_ALL in /etc/profile or in similar initialization files. As a user, you therefore have to unset this variable if you want to set LANG and optionally some of the other LC_xxx variables.

Locale Environment Variables (GNU gettext utilities)

Locale Environment Variables (GNU gettext utilities)

www.gnu.org

To give you an example, I like to have the LANG set to en_US.UTF-8 but set LC_TIME to en_GB.UTF-8 and LC_MONETARY to nl_NL.UTF-8. Because I want the original English language but a DD/MM/YYYY date (instead of the US MM/DD/YYYY) and I want commas, dots and the euro symbol ( ¤ 1.000,00 ) for monetary values. You can't do that if LC_ALL is set.