Re: [SLE] Metrication inches forward {a dummy asks}
From: Carlos E. R. (robin1.listas_at_tiscali.es)
Date: 08/01/03
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Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 14:03:08 +0200 (CEST) To: suse-linux-e@suse.com
The 03.08.01 at 14:08, Peter Evans wrote:
> Carlos:
>
> > Tools/Options/language Settings/languages/locale, I
> > set "spanish(Spain)"
(That was for open office alone)
> >
> > the weather applet . . . should use the settings of the
> > country the whole system was configured for
(and that, a general comentary)
>
> Sorry, but I can't make sense of this approach. Which is the country for
> which my whole system should be configured?
In your case, big problem O;-)
I meant the one that the suse install asks soon after it starts. It goes
into the "LANG=" settings, date/time, locale, and others: the default one,
because every user can have a different one.
> My first language is English, but I live (for much of the year) in
> Japan. I'm slightly more used to American than British spellings (but
> can't get at all worked up about the differences). I have a US keyboard.
I understand. I have my language setting as "LANG=en_US", but I use a
spanish keyboard (and an US one on another, older, PC). I like man pages
and programs in english, I'm not confortable with translations. But then,
programs as OO default to US english, till I tell it otherwise.
> I'm more used to the metric system than to charming old Anglo-American
> units. I haven't noticed "Letter Size" paper for sale in the last five
> years, and I've certainly never wanted to buy any. I want to be able to
When I lived in Ottawa I was surprised that they didn't even know what an
A4 size is, I could only find letter sized paper. They are supposed to be
metric (or International System), but they still use inches and such:
understandable as they are so close to the US.
So I then discovered that Standards are not really so "standard" :-)
Heh! Two of the Nasa missions to Mars failed because some software did
calculations in imperial units, whereas the Nasa had specified and used
the International System for every adjustement. Crash!
But this is too much Off Topic here, I guess O:-)
> I
> bought 8.2 Personal, because (a) it was cheaper than Professional, (b) I
> had no delusions of professionalness, (c) I thought that the only
> difference between the two was the greater suitability of Professional
> for use in a server. It turned out that Personal skipped the Japanese
In my opinion, there is nothing "proffesional" about the professional
version. It's only that the "personal" has so much less software included.
Bad choice of names, I'm afraid. If I buy proffesional equipment I expect
it no never fail, have no glitches, everything fully tested and fully
guaranteed - an answer like "not covered by the free install support" is
unthinkable on a proffesional product in my country.
> ingredients, and I probably screwed up somewhere. I'm willing to splurge
> for a copy of Professional -- especially as I can probably charge my
> employer for it -- but if I do buy it, I hope its installation routine
> allows me to make independent choices for each of menu language, input
> languages, keyboard arrangement, units, etc.
I'm not fully sure of that. Keyboard, yes. And some settings for the
console... but you can not type japaneese on a console, I think.
--
Cheers,
Carlos Robinson
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