02locales question

[SAngeli]

Hi,

I know that localization could become an issue because might not be so clear. Therefore, I decided to learn it for as much as I can but still have some doubts. So, I wish to ask for help with the goal to finalize all my questions. And, at the end I will write a summary (few lines) of how to properly do it.

Here is my scenario:
Gentoo PC with:
- Italian keyboard;
- English_US interface;
- Italian custom localizations, like: (NUMERIC, TIME, MONETARY, PAPER, ADDRESS, TELEPHONE and MEASUREMENT)
- I am implementing UTF-8

In order to succesfully apply localization you have to work on these files: /etc/locales.build, /etc/env.d/02locale, /etc/package.use, /etc/X11/xorg.config, /etc/make.conf and kernel settings.

1. /etc/locales.build
This is where you put all your preferred locales among those offered by your system.

2. /etc/env.d/02locale
This is where you make global locales declarations, with specific settings.

3. /etc/portage/package.use
This allows gibc to lean and compile those locales

4. /etc/X11/xorg.config
This allows for keyboard, video card settings for locales related entries

5. /etc/make.conf
This has two main entries: USE flags and LINGUAS

6. Kernel

[Leo Lausren]

LC_ALL overrules all LC_* so you need to unset it.

[asimon]

The complete precedence is:
1. LC_ALL
2. The categories, i.e. LC_COLLATE, LC_CTYPE, LC_MESSAGES, LC_MONETARY, LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME
3. LANG

The first variable which is set gets used.

[SAngeli]

Hi and and thanks for your reply.

How about these few questions, I did not get any answer:

2) If I am at any stage where I make changes to /etc/locales.build, obviously I have to re-compile glibc. Correct? Is it only this file or also emerge -e system and then emerge -euD world?

4) Am I safe going all the say UTF-8? If not, is it possible to set my system to both UTF-8 and ISO-8859-1 with default UTF-8?

5) Besides 02local are my settings correct?

Thank you,
Spiro

[Leo Lausren]

[asimon]

[SAngeli]

Lastly, as I forgot:

6. Kernel