Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:08:48 +0100 From: Rolf G Nielsen <lazlar@lazlarlyricon.com> To: dandee@hellteam.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: setlocale command is missing Message-ID: <4B357030.20401@lazlarlyricon.com> In-Reply-To: <9FFCA7E178C44C10994E4C52AC40EDA4@tocnet28.jspoj.czf> References: <9FFCA7E178C44C10994E4C52AC40EDA4@tocnet28.jspoj.czf>
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Daniel Dvo=C5=99=C3=A1k wrote: > Hi, > =20 > I updated a mc port to the last one, version 4.7.0pre4 and wanted to ru= n mc, but mc display a warning message that the selected display charset = or source codeset does not match one set via locale. I have never seen th= is message since I am a user of mc. Propably it is something new in this = new version. The version 4.6.2 does not show you this message durring sta= rting application. > =20 > I wanted to set my locale, but I found out that command setlocale is mi= ssing on FreeBSD 7.2. > =20 > Files in directory /etc: > =20 > login.conf, login.conf.db, csh.login and profile are set as HANDBOOK re= commends for language localization. > =20 > My shells are bash, tcsh or zsh, csh for root user. The results are the= same. > =20 > bash: > [user@server ~]$ LC_ALL=3DISO-8859-2; export LC_ALL > -bash: varov=C3=A1n=C3=AD: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (ISO= -8859-2): No such file or directory > =20 > zsh: > server% setlocale LC_ALL ISO-8859-2 > zsh: command not found: setlocale >=20 > tcsh: >> setlocale LC_ALL ISO-8859-2 > setlocale: Command not found. >=20 > root csh: > server# setlocale LC_ALL ISO-8859-2 > setlocale: Command not found. >=20 > So my simple question is why is setlocale command missing in FreeBSD 7.= 2 ? And if user could not use locale and setlocale commands like on Linux= , how can I solve my problem with new version of MC ? > =20 > The mc message: > =20 > Confirmation > =20 > Chosen display charset (Settings->Display bits) or source codeset (in m= cedit ctrl-t) does not match one set via locale. Set correct codeset manu= ally or press <<Fix it>> to set locale default. > =20 > Or set 'don' task again' and press <<Skip>> > =20 > [ ] don't ask again > =20 > [< Fix it >] [ Skip ] > =20 > BTW in mc there is not any settings with display bits, there is only op= tions menu with display bits. Wrong help dialogs ? > =20 > Thank you > =20 > Daniel > =20 > =20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd= =2Eorg" >=20 >=20 >=20 ls -ld /usr/share/locale/*8859-2 for a list of ISO8859-2 locales. Use=20 the complete name, e.g. cs_CZ.ISO8859-2. To set the above locale in sh and work-alikes use LC_ALL=3Dcs_CZ.ISO8859-2; export LC_ALL (the syntax you tried, but your locale spec was wrong, and that's why it = protested). To set the above locale in csh and work-alikes use setenv LC_ALL cs_CZ.ISO8859-2
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