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Subject: Re: base-files 4.0-9: LANG is set to the system default, why not the user selection?
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On 15 February 2012 13:59, Peter Rosin wrote:
> My Windows is Swedish, but I generally like it to show as little as
> possible in Swedish so my "display language" is English.  I want
> English, to not suffer from strange translations that don't make
> sense, to be able to search for error messages, etc.
>
> A recent change seems to have LANG set to the output of the system
> default language, but I think that's just wrong, it should be the
> language of the current user.
>
> Please change lang.{c}sh to do "locale -uU" instead of "locale -sU".

I agree.

> Where is the recommended position to override LANG until such a
> change is made, or if it is not an agreeable change?

If you're using the default terminal, i.e. mintty, you can set it on
the Text page of its options.

Andy

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