on Mon, 28 Oct 2002 08:02:08PM +0100, martin f krafft insinuated: > also sprach nori heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [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> -- .~. nori @ sccs.swarthmore.edu /V\ http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/~nori/jnl/ // \\ @ maenad.net /( )\ www.maenad.net ^`~'^
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