Hi On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 03:36:52PM +1000, Brian May wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to get the Australian date format (DD/MM/YYYY), instead of > the US format (MM/DD/YYYY) to work with Gnumeric (I assume it is > supported?). > > I would assume that this is related to locales(?). Here is what I have > tried: > > 1. edit /etc/locale.gen, and uncomment entries for en_AU and en_GB (I > am from Australia, but last I checked, most programs seemed to have > better support for en_GB in use of English language). > > 2. recompile locales, using instructions from top of /etc/locale.gen: > > pluto:~# locale-gen > su: locale-gen: command not found > pluto:~# dpkg -S locale-gen > dpkg: *locale-gen* not found. > pluto:~# dpkg -L locales > /usr/lib/locale > /etc/locale.alias > /etc/locale.gen > > where can I find this command? > logrus:~# dpkg -S locale-gen locales: /usr/share/man/man8/locale-gen.8 locales: /usr/sbin/locale-gen Make sure you have that package (locales) (I have sid BTW ) Hope that helps. > 3. somehow get gdm to set LANG to en_AU or en_GB (instead of C) > on login. How do I do this? Sorry... Don't have gdm installed, nor did I reallu use it. U mean for your session? Or for gdm itself? AFAIK, GDM has a "language" menu, where u can select locale. Maybe you have to enable it in config files. Sorry I can't be of more help on this one. > -- > Brian May <bam@debian.org> > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org -- GPG key-id: 1024D/5BE3DCFD Dmitriy CCAB 5F17 A099 9E43 1DBE 295C 9A21 2F1C 5BE3 DCFD Adobe put Dmitry in jail for the crime against society of revealing that they were selling ROT-13 as "encryption." He is rotting in US rison as a political prisoner for speaking out. Free Dmitry Sklyarov! http://www.freesklyarov.org
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