Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 18:20:43 +0400 From: Gleb Popov <arrowd@freebsd.org> To: gljennjohn@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to use locale(1) to set default paper size? Message-ID: <CALH631mdmWSGnqOiwEWOzS88W_y7qT2BWRkjzNJgw8VApawFVw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20191219150438.3c4cdd94@ernst.home> References: <CALH631kMMK3boE5nndyEnM-_u7nw7%2B05KMiQiEMvcP-0OD9g7w@mail.gmail.com> <20191219150438.3c4cdd94@ernst.home>
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On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 6:04 PM Gary Jennejohn <gljennjohn@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, 19 Dec 2019 15:07:22 +0400 > Gleb Popov <arrowd@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > Hello hackers@ > > > > When I launch LibreOffice Writer, the default page size is set to > "Letter". > > From what I read on Internets, the canonical way to set default paper > size > > is via locale(1). Many sites propose setting LC_PAPER env var to > > ru_RU.UTF-8 to get "A4" as default size. > > > > On FreeBSD, however, running `locale -ck` doesn't show a category for > paper > > size and setting LC_PAPER variable doesn't seem to work for LibreOffice. > > > > Any ideas what can be done about that? > > > > Click on Format->Page and a window will pop up. Open the Page tab > and you can set the size to A4. > > LibreOffice should save that it when you click on OK. > This sets it for current file only. If I close Writer, open it and then create a new document, it gets back to "Letter". > My size was set automatically to A4 because I already had a config > file from 2008 laying around in my home directory with that setting. > IIRC, LibreOffice config is a XML file. Can you find relevant tag and share it with me, please? > -- > Gary Jennejohn >
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