A locale is a set of parameters that defines the user's language, country and any special variant preferences, such as date format and currency, that the user wants to see in their user interface. Usually a locale identifier consists of at least a language identifier and a region identifier.
Questions tagged [locale]
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How to remove 'Unknown Locale (qaa-Latn)' from fresh Windows Server installation?
I just installed Windows Server 2016 in a development virtual machine and strangely there is an 'Unknown Locale (qaa-Latn)' listed in my language / input list (in the task bar) and it doesn't show up anywhere in the 'Clock, Language and Region' and…
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Chrome Extension for Switching Locale (Accept-Languages)
Is there a Chrome Extension which can be used to quickly switch between two locales (e.g. English and German) quickly? Some websites detect the user's language using the Accept-Languages HTTP-header while not having any UI to configure the desired…
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LANG and LANGUAGE environment variable in Debian based systems
It seems both the LANG and LANGUAGE environment variable are used by some programs to determine their user interface language.
What are the exact semantics of these variables and where can I read about their correct usage? The manpage for locale(1)…
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Permanently change default language and keyboard settings - what am I missing?
I'm trying to configure a Debian Linux (ARMHF 3.8.13-bone20) on a BeagleBone Black to use German as the default language and keyboard layout, which does not work, and I can't see why. I'm talking about the console settings, not X or Gnome etc. Here…
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How to set decimal separator in Libre Office Calc?
How do I set the decimal separator in Libre Office Calc?
I want the decimal separator to be dot (.), not comma (,):
I want to set this system-wide and as default (don't want to set this for each cell).
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Why "LANG=C"? (not D or E or F)
In order to turn off localisation features one should set the LANG environment variable to "C".
Why "C"? Where did it come from?
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Can I Start particular program with different language settings in Windows
I am using my windows with Turkish language as first choice. Non-Unicode programs also use Turkish language.
My particular program, Visual Studio 2005 (Business Intelligence Studio 2005) is behaving strangely with this language setting. It has no…
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Differences between en_US.utf8 and en_US.UTF-8?
I've had a terrible time getting zsh to play nicely with Debian Jessie, and I've come to the conclusion that my issues all stem from my system's locale. Running locale, I…
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Where is the list of available Windows locales?
If you open the Regional and Language Options (via Control Panel), and click on the Regional Options tab, then there is a drop down list of all the available locales.
Where is this list populated from?
(I want to compare the settings for each…
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How to launch a 64-bit program with a different locale than the system locale?
I'm looking for a way to launch 64-bit programs in a Chinese, Japanese, and Russian locale without changing my current system locale (which is English). With Microsoft's AppLocale I was able to launch 32-bit programs in any locale but AppLocale…
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Can I keep Windows from defaulting printers to A4 paper?
There's an old joke that English will be the language of Heaven, because Americans won't learn foreign languages. Microsoft seems to have internalized this joke...
I am an American English speaker; I occasionally need to type in Russian, so I…
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Clock separator renders incorrectly under GNOME 3.38 on Arch Linux with Ubuntu font
I recently switched to Arch Linux from Ubuntu, and so to ease the switch, I've installed the GTK themes used by Ubuntu and switched to the Ubuntu font family across the system. However, there is a minor flaw with the clocks in the GNOME interface,…
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Switch Calc (or Excel) formulas to English language
I'm not using an American/English version of Calc/Excel so, every time I want to post here (or on other "web-places") or when I want to try formulas posted by others I need to "translate" them somehow before... (I'm actually using on-line references…
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How to change the UI language in Google Drive?
There is currently no option to change the UI language in Google Drive.
Is it possible to change it somehow?
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Error when trying to change the time zone in Windows: "Unable to continue. You do not have permission to perform this task."
It appears that installing Windows 8 on top of XP doesn't give you the option to choose the locale and other settings -- I've got the right keyboard layout restored, and can change the system locale to be for the UK, but the system doesn't let me…
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