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| Use of "localedef" for French-speaking Switzerland and France: | Use of "localedef" for French-speaking Switzerland and France: | ||
| - | /# localedef -i fr_CH -f ISO-8859-1 fr_CH | + | # localedef -i fr_CH -f ISO-8859-1 fr_CH |
| - | /# localedef -i fr_FR -f ISO-8859-1 fr_FR | + | # localedef -i fr_FR -f ISO-8859-1 fr_FR |
| - | /# exit | + | # exit |
| You can delete the "localedef" binary to gain some space: | You can delete the "localedef" binary to gain some space: | ||
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| To use a language in a session, you can create a script launched at boot, or add 2 lines to the ~/.profile specific to each user with: | To use a language in a session, you can create a script launched at boot, or add 2 lines to the ~/.profile specific to each user with: | ||
| + | <file> | ||
| export LANG=fr_CH | export LANG=fr_CH | ||
| export LC_ALL=fr_CH | export LC_ALL=fr_CH | ||
| + | </file> | ||
| Voilà, the French language should now function If you installed retawq or nano, you can check the performance of locales by copying the .mo files in the sources of Retawq or Nano to /usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES. | Voilà, the French language should now function If you installed retawq or nano, you can check the performance of locales by copying the .mo files in the sources of Retawq or Nano to /usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES. | ||