Set "environment locales" by /etc/init.d/knoppix-a

[Samer Eberlin]

The /etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig script sets the locales in /etc/sysconfig/ with these lines:

# Write KNOPPIX config files for other scripts to parse
# Standard variables/files
echo "LANG=\"$LANG\""                  > /etc/sysconfig/i18n
echo "COUNTRY=\"$COUNTRY\""           >> /etc/sysconfig/i18n
echo "LANGUAGE=\"$LANGUAGE\""         >> /etc/sysconfig/i18n
echo "CHARSET=\"$CHARSET\""           >> /etc/sysconfig/i18n
echo "XMODIFIERS=\"$XMODIFIERS\""     >> /etc/sysconfig/i18n
#echo "TZ=\"$TZ\""                     >> /etc/sysconfig/i18n

# Default Keyboard layout for console and X
echo "KEYTABLE=\"$KEYTABLE\""          > /etc/sysconfig/keyboard
echo "XKEYBOARD=\"$XKEYBOARD\""       >> /etc/sysconfig/keyboard
echo "KDEKEYBOARD=\"$KDEKEYBOARD\""   >> /etc/sysconfig/keyboard
echo "KDEKEYBOARDS=\"$KDEKEYBOARDS\"" >> /etc/sysconfig/keyboard

# Desired desktop
echo "DESKTOP=\"$DESKTOP\""            > /etc/sysconfig/desktop

# Write all, including non-standard variables, to /etc/sysconfig/knoppix
echo "LANG=\"$LANG\""                  > /etc/sysconfig/knoppix
echo "COUNTRY=\"$COUNTRY\""           >> /etc/sysconfig/knoppix
echo "LANGUAGE=\"$LANGUAGE\""         >> /etc/sysconfig/knoppix
echo "CHARSET=\"$CHARSET\""           >> /etc/sysconfig/knoppix
echo "KEYTABLE=\"$KEYTABLE\""         >> /etc/sysconfig/knoppix
echo "XKEYBOARD=\"$XKEYBOARD\""       >> /etc/sysconfig/knoppix
echo "KDEKEYBOARD=\"$KDEKEYBOARD\""   >> /etc/sysconfig/knoppix
echo "KDEKEYBOARDS=\"$KDEKEYBOARDS\"" >> /etc/sysconfig/knoppix
echo "DESKTOP=\"$DESKTOP\""           >> /etc/sysconfig/knoppix
echo "TZ=\"$TZ\""                     >> /etc/sysconfig/knoppix

But, some softwares like OpenOffice and Mozilla, searches for locales from /etc/environment. Then I suggest to add some lines after the aboves:

echo "LANG=\"$LANG\""                  > /etc/environment
echo "LANGUAGE=\"$LANGUAGE\""         >> /etc/environment
echo "LC_MESSAGES=\"$LC_MESSAGES\""         >> /etc/environment

This is a requirement to use deadkeys on OpenOffice for example.

Thank you,
Samer Eberlin.

[kelmo]

Please submit this as a patch to Klaus on the Knoppix mailing list. Many people have been baffled by the lack of dead-keys in Oo.

[user unknown]

To conform to the SPOT-rule (single point of t...?), would a symbolic link:

ln -s /etc/sysconfig/knoppix /etc/environment

work too, or is there too much unwanted noise in sysconfig/knoppix for oo?

[Samer Eberlin]

Ok Kelmo, thanks for your tip.

I've sent it to [email protected]
Is It correct...? Is this mail the "Knoppix mailing list"?

[Samer Eberlin]

To conform to the SPOT-rule (single point of t...?), would a symbolic link:

ln -s /etc/sysconfig/knoppix /etc/environment

work too, or is there too much unwanted noise in sysconfig/knoppix for oo?

I think it's efficient too. If works, Ok.