topic title: Need Locale for Ireland
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jarlath
Joined: 13 Mar 2009
#1
Hi folks. Antix is running well on my parents machine. I just need to install the locale for Ireland. The Meta Installer only shows locales I don't need.

Does anyone know how I can go about this? I'm thinking there' might be a repository I can use but I'd need a little help there. Haven't used the command line in years and I'm rusty.
anticapitalista
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Joined: 11 Sep 2007
#2
In a terminal you need to run as root

dpkg-reconfigure locales

and make sure the ones for Ireland are chosen (Gaelic is ga_IE.UTF-8 and Irish English is en_IE.UTF-8)

Select it for default.
Now if you want to set the computer to default the language you have chosen above, you need to add this line to /etc/profile (eg Gaelic)

export LANG=ga_IE.UTF-8

and add this to /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Option"XkbLayout""us,ie"
Option"XKbOptions""grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll"

Logout/login and then as user in a terminal for icewm, or as root in a terminal for fluxbox

update-menus

Logout/login

Now the menu of apps that support Gaelic will be in Gaelic.

Added:
For the browser to have Irish/gaelic support, search for iceweasel ga in synaptic and install iceweasel-l10n-ga-ie
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macondo
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
#3
anticapitalista wrote: Logout/login and then as user in a terminal for icewm,

update-menus

You can also put in your .icewm/preferences the following option:

Code: Select all

AutoReloadMenus=1
anticapitalista
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#4
hey, that's a nice tip, macondo.
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OU812
Joined: 29 Sep 2007
#5
macondo -

is this already in the preferences file? If so, i couldn't find it. How about a line # if it is? (I'd like to use it in the next release). If it's not in the file, then where would be a logical place to insert it?

Thanks.

john
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jarlath
Joined: 13 Mar 2009
#6
Thank you so much, those instructions are running in a terminal as I write this.

Anticapitalista, are you Greek? My sister lived in Greece for about five years and I stayed with her for quite a while from time to time. She started work in Athens but moved to Syros, Zakintos (?) and Lutraki (excuse my spelling!)
anticapitalista
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#7
jarlath wrote:Thank you so much, those instructions are running in a terminal as I write this.

Anticapitalista, are you Greek? My sister lived in Greece for about five years and I stayed with her for quite a while from time to time. She started work in Athens but moved to Syros, Zakintos (?) and Lutraki (excuse my spelling!)
Not Greek, but an"Englishman in Thessaloniki" (Northern Greece). I have been living here for 20 years. Love it on the whole