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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: KDE3.3 & kdmrc/dmrc language settings
From:       ashis.v.purbhoo () exxonmobil ! com
Date:       2008-05-12 16:05:30
Message-ID: OFEC93F24F.B72FEA17-ON86257447.004C295B-86257447.005864E9 () exxonmobil ! com
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Oswald,

I've ironed out the needs.  Everything in KDE should remain English.  At
the main login screen running via GDM, the euro symbol appears.  After
login, the Euro symbol can not be typed any longer, is this something that
KDE overwrites?

Only the keyboard mappings need to work based on country, in this case
Norway, Germany, UK, US & Russia.

Using xfd -fa latarcyrheb-sun16, it seems to contain the Euro character,
however, if I select a different font type the same things appears, what
else am I missing?

Regards,
Ashis Purbhoo
BLI / Technical Systems / Engineering
ExxonMobil GSC - Information Technology
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On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 06:03:09PM -0500, ashis.v.purbhoo@exxonmobil.com
wrote:
>    Ability to either change LANG based on keyboard or some other  method
>    All application testing as been completed with the LANG & LC_* s set
>    en_US.  Doesn't look like the LC_ALL was ever set, it blank.
>
if everything LC_* was set, then you can set LC_ALL, too - it is just a
master override. you should read "man 1 locale" and "man 7 locale".
to support the fonts correctly, LC_CTYPE should be sufficient, in fact.

>    i18N currently had SUPPORTED="en_US.UTF-8:en_US:en";
>    SYSFONT="latarcyrheb-sun16"; LANG=en_US
>
i'm not familiar with these settings except LANG, which is a "weaker"
version of LC_ALL and has some format restrictions.
you may display the font with xfd to check its glyphs.

>    In terms of getting the KDE language translations installed, I'm
>    not sure, but let's assume no for right.  What would be involved if
>    this became a requirement?
>
nothing particular - just some more packages.

>    Can we accomplish what we need without getting the language
translations
>    installed?
>
dunno. try installing them if it does not work without it.

> By selecting the language via KDE login it creates the ~/.dmrc file
>
given that you are using redhat and the login does recognize the
language setting in dmrc, you are most probably using gdm, i.e., the
gnome login manager. just keep that in mind.

> which seems to be sufficient for say completing the language
> translations of the euro character?
>
gdm sets LANG (i think), so if this is sufficient, then, well, yes.

> Or do we just change the SYSFONT above to really get this done?
>
you need both the rigth encoding and the right font. you need to check
both yourself.

> What I'm afraid of and not unsure of is how the different setting will
> affect the system, applications, users, etc.  I don't want to modify
> anything that may potentially cause other issue vs. the specified
> platform in which testing was completed on.
>
if you set only LC_CTYPE you are pretty much safe.
some settings like LC_COLLATE often break unaware scripts, so you should
verify whatever custom scripts you execute in the localized environment.

note that the kde version you are using is really from the stone age, so
don't expect a particular lot of support from the community.

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