Request: better override functionality in locale settings

[John Layt]

On 28 August 2014 09:31, Harald Sitter <sitter at kde.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 3:49 AM, Matthew Ruffalo <mmr15 at case.edu> wrote:
>> I still strongly, *strongly* disagree that it's acceptable for a user to
>> choose an appropriate locale for override settings.
>
> Perhaps I am leaning myself way out the window but I think there is
> one very portable solution to this problem: writing an own locale
> defintion [1] and installing&configuring that. And I do not mean by
> hand, but through a GUI.
> This not only allows customization of stuff but also makes every
> application on the system respect whatever was configured in our KCM.
> Also it doesn't actually tie into the existing KCM, it would be a
> standalone 'locale editor' basically.

That is indeed "The Plan", at least for non-Qt POSIX / glibc using apps :-)

John.