system language

Hey there,

Have four calculate systems running (3 xfce4) and one kde.
After an install I rebuild the hole system.
My locale are nl_BE (dutch) which is fine now on the systems.
In calculate console tools, there is english default, russian and french.
Is there a way to get my hole system (the terminal,setting manager…) in my language(dutch)

thanks
ferdi
:wink:

Hi Ferdi,
Can you make a translation Calculate Utilities from English into Dutch?

ah…I see now what the problem is, there is no translation, I would not now how to do that :frowning:

btw…

My system locale is every now and then switching back from

LANG=nl_BE.utf8
LC_CTYPE=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_NUMERIC=nl_BE.utf8
LC_TIME=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_COLLATE=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_MONETARY=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_MESSAGES=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_PAPER=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_NAME=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_ADDRESS=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_TELEPHONE=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_MEASUREMENT=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_IDENTIFICATION=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_ALL=

to

LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE=“en_US.UTF-8”
LC_NUMERIC=POSIX
LC_TIME=“en_US.UTF-8”
LC_COLLATE=“en_US.UTF-8”
LC_MONETARY=“en_US.UTF-8”
LC_MESSAGES=“en_US.UTF-8”
LC_PAPER=“en_US.UTF-8”
LC_NAME=“en_US.UTF-8”
LC_ADDRESS=“en_US.UTF-8”
LC_TELEPHONE=“en_US.UTF-8”
LC_MEASUREMENT=“en_US.UTF-8”
LC_IDENTIFICATION=“en_US.UTF-8”
LC_ALL=

don’t no why :frowning:

which is very annoying.

BUT…

XFCE4, the CLDX way is a very nice system!!!

thank you
ferdi

What files you change?

hey,Alexander

in /etc/portage/make.conf/custom
LINGUAS=“nl en de” to remove all others I don’t need.

locale on this system is,

calculate ferdi # locale -a
C
de_DE.utf8
en_US.utf8
nl_BE.utf8
POSIX

eselect locale list
Available targets for the LANG variable:
[1] C
[2] de_DE.utf8
[3] en_US.utf8
[4] nl_BE.utf8 *
[5] POSIX
[ ] (free form)

which is perfect

I do those languages because not every program is in “dutch or german”

wrong thinking?

thank U
ferdi

Hi Ferdi,

We have added support for the Danish language.

Try update now:

cl-update

if you edited the /etc/locale.gen, then:

locale-gen

a list of locales:

cl-setup-locale -l list

try to choose:

cl-setup-locale -l nl_BE

English layout by default. CapsLock key switches.

If something is not working correctly, write.

Hey there,
I don’t now why Danish language, it has to be Dutch
but…

calculate ferdi # locale-gen
* Generating 3 locales (this might take a while) with 1 jobs
* (1/3) Generating de_DE.UTF-8 … [ ok ]
* (2/3) Generating en_US.UTF-8 … [ ok ]
* (3/3) Generating nl_BE.UTF-8 … [ ok ]
* Generation complete

calculate ferdi # cl-setup-locale -l list
Language values:
[pt_BR] Brazilian Portuguese
[bg_BG] Bulgarian
[fr_FR] French
[de_DE] German
[it_IT] Italian
[pl_PL] Polish
[pt_PT] Portuguese
[ro_RO] Romanian
[ru_RU] Russian
[es_ES] Spanish
[uk_UA] Ukrainian
[en_US] United States/English *

why those always come back?
that doesn’t help
but my locale is still oke :wink:

calculate ferdi # locale -a
C
de_DE.utf8
en_US.utf8
nl_BE.utf8
POSIX

to get this right i use

calculate ferdi # eselect locale list
Available targets for the LANG variable:
[1] C
[2] de_DE.utf8
[3] en_US.utf8
[4] nl_BE.utf8 *
[5] POSIX
[ ] (free form)

which is ok
:wink:

thank U

Of course Dutch!
full update package (cl-update), then it will support.

hallo again,

because of some errors, cl-update will take sometime :-/

Can you show errors?

hallo,
found dutch (flemish) today… big smile!
the setup want’s to add a consolefont, which was default, but it is the wrong one.(was to exited to look which one)
It has to be consolefont=“lat9w-16”
Otherwise on boot, consolefont not found.
System still updating

So
thank you very much!
ferdi

Hi Ferdi,
Do you have installed media-fonts/terminus-font?

Hi Alex,
yes it was installed
btw…

the errors where related to my system (i’am on my second “cldx” where the changes not showing up right now (on the first one no more sound after upgrade :-/ and hours on PC whitout sound… boring)

correct…
settings now ok

edit
when changing lang in calculate console

calculate ferdi # eselect locale list
Available targets for the LANG variable:
[1] C
[2] de_DE.utf8
[3] en_US.utf8
[4] nl_BE.utf8
[5] POSIX
[6] nl_BE.UTF-8 *
[ ] (free form)
calculate ferdi # eselect locale set 4
Setting LANG to nl_BE.utf8 …
Run “. /etc/profile” to update the variable in your shell.
calculate ferdi # source /etc/profile
calculate ferdi # locale
LANG=nl_BE.utf8
LC_CTYPE=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_NUMERIC=POSIX
LC_TIME=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_COLLATE=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_MONETARY=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_MESSAGES=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_PAPER=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_NAME=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_ADDRESS=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_TELEPHONE=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_MEASUREMENT=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_IDENTIFICATION=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_ALL=
calculate ferdi # export LC_NUMERIC= “nl_BE.utf8”
bash: export: ‘nl_BE.utf8’: is geen geldige naam
calculate ferdi # export LC_NUMERIC=“nl_BE.utf8”
calculate ferdi # source /etc/profile
calculate ferdi # locale
LANG=nl_BE.utf8
LC_CTYPE=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_NUMERIC=POSIX
LC_TIME=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_COLLATE=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_MONETARY=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_MESSAGES=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_PAPER=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_NAME=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_ADDRESS=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_TELEPHONE=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_MEASUREMENT=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_IDENTIFICATION=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_ALL=
calculate ferdi # export LC_NUMERIC=“nl_BE.utf8”
calculate ferdi # source /etc/profile
calculate ferdi # locale -a
C
de_DE.utf8
en_US.utf8
nl_BE.utf8
POSIX
calculate ferdi # locale
LANG=nl_BE.utf8
LC_CTYPE=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_NUMERIC=POSIX
LC_TIME=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_COLLATE=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_MONETARY=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_MESSAGES=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_PAPER=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_NAME=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_ADDRESS=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_TELEPHONE=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_MEASUREMENT=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_IDENTIFICATION=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_ALL=
calculate ferdi # nano -w /etc/env.d/02locale

changed POSIX to “nl_BE.utf8”

calculate ferdi # export LC_NUMERIC=“nl_BE.utf8”
calculate ferdi # source /etc/profile
calculate ferdi # locale
LANG=nl_BE.utf8
LC_CTYPE=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_NUMERIC=POSIX
LC_TIME=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_COLLATE=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_MONETARY=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_MESSAGES=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_PAPER=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_NAME=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_ADDRESS=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_TELEPHONE=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_MEASUREMENT=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_IDENTIFICATION=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_ALL=
calculate ferdi # eselect locale list
Available targets for the LANG variable:
[1] C
[2] de_DE.utf8
[3] en_US.utf8
[4] nl_BE.utf8 *
[5] POSIX
[ ] (free form)

calculate ferdi # export LC_NUMERIC=“nl_BE.utf8”
calculate ferdi # source /etc/profile
calculate ferdi # locale
LANG=nl_BE.utf8
LC_CTYPE=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_NUMERIC=nl_BE.utf
LC_TIME=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_COLLATE=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_MONETARY=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_MESSAGES=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_PAPER=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_NAME=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_ADDRESS=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_TELEPHONE=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_MEASUREMENT=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_IDENTIFICATION=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_ALL=

because of some error i had to do
export LC_ALL=“nl_BE.utf8”
LANG=nl_BE.utf8
LC_CTYPE=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_NUMERIC=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_TIME=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_COLLATE=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_MONETARY=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_MESSAGES=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_PAPER=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_NAME=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_ADDRESS=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_TELEPHONE=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_MEASUREMENT=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_IDENTIFICATION=“nl_BE.utf8”
LC_ALL=nl_BE.utf8

thats it :wink:

or not ???

rc-status -a

calculate ferdi # /etc/init.d/consolefont restart
consolefont | * Setting console font [ter-v18n] …putfont: KDFONTOP: Ongeldig argument
consolefont | [ !! ]
consolefont | * ERROR: consolefont failed to start

set to “lat9w-16”

don’t now if it is related to my language but…

What files of console terminus has package:

qlist terminus-font | grep ter-v18n

With what USE flags is installed terminus-font?

hey,

qlist terminus-font | grep ter-v18n
/usr/share/consolefonts/ter-v18n.psf.gz

[binary R ] media-fonts/terminus-font-4.39-r1::gentoo USE=“center-tilde pcf pcf-unicode-only psf ru-g -X -a-like-o -distinct-l -quote -raw-font-data -ru-dv -ru-i -ru-k” 952 KiB