QT 4.8.4 bug: Arabic-indic numerals instead of Arabic numerals in Slovak localization

[Peter Halicky]

Release used: Ubuntu 13.04 64 bit
Version of package used: 4:4.8.4+dfsg-0ubuntu9
What I expect to happen: display "standard" arabic numerals in QT applications
What happens instead: arabic-indic numerals are displayed in QT applications

This bug is known upstream and is fixed in 4.8.5, I hope the fix could be backported to Ubuntu 13.04.

https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTBUG-28843

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Tomasz (0-tomasz-u)]

Workaround:
1. uncomment some other locale in /etc/default/locale.gen
2. re-generate locales with locale-gen
3. add: export LC_NUMERIC="cs_CZ.UTF-8" to ~/.profile
4. relog (or reboot)

source:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1215057

[Patrik B. (inoki-deactivatedaccount)]

This doesn't really fix my problem, as I don't have any locale.gen file on my computer. Adding this line into terminal: "sudo gedit /etc/default/locale.gen" only brings up a blank file. Searching for it manually also.

[Patrik B. (inoki-deactivatedaccount)]

This workaround: http://askubuntu.com/questions/310990/borked-encoding-in-ubuntu-13-04-for-slovak-language fixed it for me. I had to manually create a ~/.profile file and insert the LC_NUMERIC code chain into it.