On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 03:45:24PM +0100, Albretch Mueller wrote: > > Is there any chance that this is an X-Y problem? > > If you are referring to: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XY_problem > > I wonder if your own question/mind is. What could possibly be X-Y > about a multi-lingual set up?
Let's go back to the original message, <https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2020/02/msg00944.html>. It says: Most of us are multilingual. I want to set up different users with different languages as default and then when I su into a shell as a particular user and start, say, libreofice, firefox and Eclipse as a certain user that would automatically change all Settings Note the key phrase "when I su into a shell". That is VERY different from "I want each user to have a different locale when they login". Hence, the X-Y problem. As you may recall, I answered the question that was ASKED, diving into the gory details of how su works, how shells work, etc. But if you do NOT actually want "when I su into a shell" to be part of the problem, then the answer is ENTIRELY DIFFERENT.
