This one time, at band camp, Nori Heikkinen said: > on Mon, 28 Oct 2002 08:02:08PM +0100, martin f krafft insinuated: > > 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, Don't worry, you just have to write the ISO-martin.flowers-on-top locale, and then use it. What's the problem? (^8. Steve -- Lost: gray and white female cat. Answers to electric can opener.
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