Re: [tlug] What is a locale? [was: KDDI cellphones ...]

[Godwin Stewart <godwin.stewart@??>]

On Sat, 03 Mar 2007 03:12:21 +0900, "Stephen J. Turnbull"
<stephen@??> wrote:

> This gets a little strained with settings like LC_PAPER.  What if you
> want to set the standard size to B5 or legal?  You're out of luck,
> since essentially all REGIONs map to either US letter or A4.  (And in
> fact the POSIX committee decided not to standardize LC_PAPER,
> presumably for this reason.)

And some (most?) software ignores it anyway. Case in point: Adobe
Acrobat Reader, the English version of which is hard-wired for US
letter regardless of your locale settings. Grrrrrr....

--
G. Stewart - godwin.stewart@??

"Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be President, but they
 don't want them to become politicians in the process."
            -- John F. Kennedy

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