[changing date's output]
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> i'd like to change the names of the months into slovenian ones, that is
> the old-style names (like vinotok for october). Of course, there are the
> locale files sl_SI, among them the LC_TIME, which states only those
> 'international' names. now i'd simply like to change that but i don't know
> how to do it, since i don't know the format of that very file, so only
> adding new names results in bad output.
> can anyone help me here?
> thanks,
> andrej hocevar
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I also was pissed off when I start to use locales. The names of
the months were with capital letters. I manage to change that
in /usr/share/i18n/locales/ro_RO (for Romanian). Search for
LC_TIME. abday contain the abreviated names of the days,
and abmon contain the abreviated names for the months.
day contain the names of the days of the week and mon
contains the names for the months. You may notice that
you have to use the Unicode codes for each letter.
A is U0041, etc.
After that you have to uncomment the sl_SI in the /etc/locale.gen
and run /usr/sbin/locale-gen (as root).
You may want to keep a copy of the /usr/share/i18n/locales/sl_SI
somewhere, otherwise if you do an upgrate of the locales
you will overide the file (it happend to me).
All this is valid for woody, I don't know for potato.
I run locale (GNU libc) 2.2.3. You did not mention
what do you have.
For a better understanding of the format of the file
you may want to search the net for ISO 14652 (don't have
a reference handy).
You may want to drop an e-mail to bug-glibc@gnu.org
or to drepper@cygnus.com (Ulrich Drepper) for a change
in locales files.
I hope this help.
Ionel Ciobica
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