David Planella [2010-03-20 19:32 -0000]:
> • GDM can only write LANG (and the LC_xx categories)
Indeed, gdm does not currently have a concept of a "language list",
just a locale picker.
> • language-selector can write LANGUAGE
(but also LANG)
> • That effectively means that the language one selects in GDM is useless, since LANGUAGE has precedence
It's only useless if you fine-tuned your $LANG/$LANGUAGE in the
language-selector. It does work fine if you didn't (and most people
won't, I figure).
So, I agree it's confusing, but I don't see how to easily rectify it.
The best that comes to my mind is to disable the locale picker for
users which have a $LANGUAGE set?
Martin
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David Planella [2010-03-20 19:32 -0000]:
> • GDM can only write LANG (and the LC_xx categories)
Indeed, gdm does not currently have a concept of a "language list",
just a locale picker.
> • language-selector can write LANGUAGE
(but also LANG)
> • That effectively means that the language one selects in GDM is useless, since LANGUAGE has precedence
It's only useless if you fine-tuned your $LANG/$LANGUAGE in the
language-selector. It does work fine if you didn't (and most people
won't, I figure).
So, I agree it's confusing, but I don't see how to easily rectify it.
The best that comes to my mind is to disable the locale picker for
users which have a $LANGUAGE set?
Martin www.piware. de
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Ubuntu Developer (www.ubuntu.com) | Debian Developer (www.debian.org)