on Mon, 28 Oct 2002 08:02:08PM +0100, martin f krafft insinuated:
> also sprach nori heikkinen <nori@sccs.swarthmore.edu> [2002.10.28.1943 +0100]:
> > so i finally listened to what you were saying, sean, and all it
> > took was unsetting everything except LANG, which i kept to en_US,
> > and then setting LC_COLLATE to C. dude. that was simple enough.
> > thanks, sean!
>
> so can someone now come up with a locale for me? i am based in
> switzerland, want (british) english as the primary language, Euro
> support, C sorting, and don't believe in the am/pm time system? oh,
> my paper format is A4, phone numbers should be formatted always with
> international access code, addresses don't need states but should
> include the country, and give me the metric system, with flowers on
> top.
>
> and if all that would finally, *finally* sort my directories before
> my files, then i would stop complaining.
>
> (but don't worry, windoze can't do this either)
wait, did i just hear you admit that there is something linux can't do
with a little careful reading of manpages, random experimentation, and
and a few minutes of scripting? ;) i'm not familiar with all of the
factors you listed, but what specifically is screwing with what?
is british english with euro support the problem? C sorting ought to
work (though i guess it just hates me, for some reason ... see my next
post), and i don't know anything about the paper format or why phone
numbers have anything to do with locales.
there's got to be a way to do all that, right? or am i just overly
optimistic?
nimmersatt with linux,
</nori>
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