Ubuntu
language-selector package

English language with other locale settings for other LC variables

Bug #226155 reported by Christoffer Gurell
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language-selector (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Wishlist
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Bug Description

Living in sweden i would like a way to run Ubuntu in english but still have other values such as paper size or measurements set correctly for sweden.

This can be solved by setting LC_ variables to correct values. For example LC_PAPER and LC_MEASUREMENTS shold be set to sv_SE while i suspect the LANG variable should be set to en_US.

Some countries have "solved" this problem by adding a specific locale for english in a specific country, like the en_DK locale but this does not solve the problem for persons in other countries.

What is needes is an advanced settings tab somewhere that makes it possible for a user to set individual LC_ variables.

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

This has in fact been discussed as planned inprovement for the language selector.

Changed in langpack-locales:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Triaged
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nomnex (nomnex) wrote :

European using Ubuntu in English and living in Japan. It is a total mess up with the software configuration. I want all metric and ISO standard, no matter my language selection or my location. I am sharing a workstation with some Japanese and American co-workers. We all expect different measurements. Can you push the feature for Ubuntu 10.4. Would be welcome.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package language-selector - 0.5.0

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language-selector (0.5.0) lucid; urgency=low

  * new UI to allow separate language and locale settings (LP: #40669)
    (LP: #210776) (LP: #226155)
  * fixed locale generation code (LP: #236028)
 -- Arne Goetje <email address hidden> Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:51:33 +0800

Changed in language-selector (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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