LinuxQuestions.org
Download your favorite Linux distribution at LQ ISO.
Go Back   LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Distributions > Slackware
User Name
Password
Slackware This Forum is for the discussion of Slackware Linux.

Notices


Reply
  Search this Thread
Old 12-06-2006, 04:28 PM   #1
t_maggot
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Dec 2006
Location: Alex/poli
Distribution: Slackware 11.0
Posts: 7

Rep: Reputation: 0
Question Slackware, and internationalization


I am runing fluxbox on X 6.8.2 and slackware 10.2 and i want to find the mechanism to allow my machine display another character set...
Can anyone give me information about configure/addto the default charecter set on X? I am also interested whith internationalization in the shell bash (out of X), to edit another character set files. (the language is Greek). I mention that isn't so easy to find (documentaion for) a common way to configure a linux machine (and slackware)for internationalization. I think this is not so hard task, but it can be better documented. Any information well accepted.
 
Old 12-06-2006, 08:40 PM   #2
Ilgar
Senior Member
 
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Distribution: Slackware64 15.0, Slackwarearm 14.2
Posts: 1,156

Rep: Reputation: 234Reputation: 234Reputation: 234
What do you mean by the default character set in X? X applications like browsers can work with several charsets, usually configured from within the program. If you mean keyboard layout, you can modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf and add Greek. For console, you can try to put into /etc/profile (this is for bash) commands like

export LANG=gr
export LC_ALL=gr

and so on. It may not be exactly as I stated above, please make a Google search and you will find. Finally, you may need some console fonts and Greek language support for the console (compiled into the kernel?). Utf-8 may also do, as it covers almost all the characters around.

Sorry for the vague answers, I hope they will be useful to you.

Also, AFAIK, Utf support (in menus, window title bars etc) has been added to fluxbox recently, so you may need the 1.0rc2 package for that , please check the fluxbox documentation.
 
Old 12-06-2006, 10:27 PM   #3
tuxdev
Senior Member
 
Registered: Jul 2005
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 2,012

Rep: Reputation: 115Reputation: 115
It would be better if you adjusted /etc/profile.d/lang.sh and its sister script. This is what I've got for mine sans comments (language is Japanese, mostly):
Code:
export LANG="ja_JP.utf8"
export LC_MESSAGES="en_US"
export XMODIFIERS="@im=kinput2"
export LC_COLLATE=C

Last edited by tuxdev; 12-06-2006 at 10:29 PM.
 
  


Reply


Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off



Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
How do you OpenOffice internationalization? Millenniumman Linux - Software 1 11-06-2006 10:44 PM
internationalization problems Murdock1979 Linux - Newbie 3 05-09-2006 05:45 AM
Slack 10.1 - Gnome internationalization skruf_man Slackware 1 07-12-2005 08:10 AM
GTK+ CList Internationalization wpyh Programming 0 12-11-2004 11:26 PM
Internationalization problem skruf_man Amigo 2 11-23-2004 08:27 AM

LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Distributions > Slackware

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 04:29 AM.

Main Menu
Advertisement
My LQ
Write for LQ
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute content, let us know.
Main Menu
Syndicate
RSS1  Latest Threads
RSS1  LQ News
Twitter: @linuxquestions
Open Source Consulting | Domain Registration