Re: Language mix-up with Gramps

On Sat, 2024-10-12 at 13:51 +0200, Enno Borgsteede wrote:
> Hello Harvey,
> 
> > I didn't expect to have to go to system settings to correct a very 
> > specific Gramps behaviour.
> Me neither, at first, but Gramps does read a couple of such
> variables, 
> maybe even more than a handful, and even if it does not in our own
> parts 
> of the code, some routines that we call from Python do read them.
> > I have currently LC_TIME=de_DE.UTF-8 as locale setting.
> > 
> > If I change it to en.GB, does that mean that my local system time
> > will
> > no longer be GMT+1? Or would that change just correct the strange
> > Gramps behaviour?
> 
> No. LC_TIME's just for date/time formatting. We have TZ for timezone,
> but I don't see any value for that variable on my system.
> 
> I run Dutch Mint 21.3 on a desktop with a US international keyboard, 
> with € on 5, and LMDE 6 on a laptop with a UK keyboard, with a Pound 
> sign, and on both, I can configure the keyboard to use dead keys, in 
> which case I can press " before o to get ö, and Alt Gr and s to get
> ß, 
> so if I want to write German, I can.
> 
> Are you saying that you have a genuine German QWERTZ keyboard?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Enno

Ja, QWERTZ von DELL 


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