Changeset d295e92 for postlfs

Timestamp:

06/29/2004 01:54:49 PM (20 years ago)

Author:

Randy McMurchy <randy@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.2.0, 6.2.0-rc1, 6.2.0-rc2, 6.3, 6.3-rc1, 6.3-rc2, 6.3-rc3, 7.10, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.6-blfs, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gnome, kde5-13430, kde5-14269, kde5-14686, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, krejzi/svn, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, systemd-11177, systemd-13485, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

c03da74e

Parents:

de471fc

Message:

Changed wording of i18n section in Bash Shell Startup Files

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@2398 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• postlfs/config/profile.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

postlfs/config/profile.xml

@@ -281 +281 @@
 <sect3>
 <title><filename>/etc/profile.d/i18n.sh</filename></title>
+</sect3>
 
 <para>This script shows how to set some environment variables necessary for 
-<application>Bash</application> to accept keystrokes properly, even in 
-non-English locales. Replace <replaceable>[ll]</replaceable> with the 
-two-letter code for your language (e.g., <quote>en</quote>) and 
-<replaceable>[cc]</replaceable> with the two-letter code for your country 
+native language support. Setting these variables properly gives you:</para> 
+
+<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
+<listitem><para>the output of programs translated into your native 
+language</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>correct classification of characters into letters, digits and 
+other classes &ndash; this is necessary for <application>Bash</application> to 
+accept keystrokes properly in non-English locales</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>the alphabetical sorting order correct for your 
+country</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>proper default paper size</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>correct formatting of monetary, time and date 
+values</para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
+<para>Replace <replaceable>[ll]</replaceable> with the two-letter code for 
+your language (e.g., <quote>en</quote>) and 
+<replaceable>[CC]</replaceable> with the two-letter code for your country 
 (e.g., <quote>GB</quote>). Also you may need to specify (and this is actually 
 the preferred form) your character encoding (e.g., <quote>iso8859-1</quote>) 
@@ -299 +314 @@
 <screen><userinput><command>locale -a</command></userinput></screen> 
 
-<para>Now, when you are sure about your locale settings, create the 
+<para>After you are sure about your locale settings, create the 
 <filename>/etc/profile.d/i18n.sh</filename> file:</para> 
  
 <screen><userinput><command>cat &gt; /etc/profile.d/i18n.sh &lt;&lt; "EOF"</command>
 # Set up i18n variables
-export LC_ALL=<replaceable>[ll]</replaceable>_<replaceable>[cc]</replaceable>
-export LANG=<replaceable>[ll]</replaceable>_<replaceable>[cc]</replaceable>
-<command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
+export LC_ALL=<replaceable>[ll]</replaceable>_<replaceable>[CC]</replaceable>
+export LANG=<replaceable>[ll]</replaceable>_<replaceable>[CC]</replaceable>
+<command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
+
+<para>Note: Setting LC_ALL sets the same value for all locale categories. For 
+better control, you may prefer to set values individually for all categories 
+listed in the output of the <command>locale</command> command.</para>
+
+<sect3>
+<title><filename>Other initialization values</filename></title>
 
 <para>Other initialization can easily be added to the <filename>profile</filename>